Bird keepers and penguins alike tend to first king penguin chick born this year at Melbourne aquarium

A sub-Antarctic king penguin tending to its chick after a weighing at the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium on Feb 26, 2015. -- PHOTO: EPA
A sub-Antarctic king penguin tending to its chick after a weighing at the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium on Feb 26, 2015. -- PHOTO: EPA
A sub-Antarctic king penguin tending to its chick after a weighing at the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium on Feb 26, 2015. -- PHOTO: EPA
A sub-Antarctic king penguin tending to its chick after a weighing at the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium on Feb 26, 2015. -- PHOTO: EPA
A keeper weighs a sub-Antarctic penguin chick while its parent is held by another keeper at the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium on Feb 26, 2015. -- PHOTO: EPA
A keeper weighs a sub-Antarctic penguin chick while its parent is held by another keeper at the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium on Feb 26, 2015. -- PHOTO: EPA
Sub-Antarctic king penguins watching as a keeper pumps ice into their enclosure at the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium on Feb 26, 2015. -- PHOTO: EPA
A sub-Antarctic king penguin watching as a snow machine pumps ice into their enclosure at the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium on Feb 26, 2015. -- PHOTO: EPA
Sub-Antarctic king penguins watching as a keeper pumps ice into their enclosure at the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium on Feb 26, 2015. -- PHOTO: EPA
Sub-Antarctic king penguins watching as a keeper pumps ice into their enclosure at the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium on Feb 26, 2015. -- PHOTO: EPA
A sub-Antarctic king penguin tending to its chick after a weighing at the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium on Feb 26, 2015. -- PHOTO: EPA
Updated
Jan 26, 2016, 12:28 AM
Published
Feb 26, 2015, 06:25 PM

Everyone is pitching in to take care of the first king penguin chick born this year at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium.

Bird keepers at the aquarium weigh the chick and pump ice into the penguin enclosure, while the little penguin's parents can be seen tending to it in the adorable pictures in the gallery above.

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