Sphen and his male gentoo penguin partner Magic, now aged 8, came to international attention in 2018 when they built a pebble nest together in the hope of raising chicks
An undated handout photo supplied on Aug. 22 by Sea Life Sydney shows gentoo penguin Sphen at the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium. Sphen , the elder partner in a world famous same-sex penguin couple celebrated in Australian schoolbooks and an annual gay rights parade, has died at 11 years old, a Sydney aquarium said on Thursday.
International interest grew as they adopted and successfully raised two chicks in 2018 and 2020. Their union was celebrated by a float in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, included in the Sydney-based New South Wales state education curriculum and discussed in the Netflix series “Atypical.” Their relationship has also been recorded in books and film documentaries.
The aquarium said in a statement Sphen died this month. It did not say when the penguin had died or reveal a cause of death. The species’ average life span is 12 to 13 years, the aquarium said. “Sphen and Magic’s love story captivated the world and it’s been an honour to welcome local and international fans, some of which travelled long distances to see them in real life,” Dilly said.
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