Mystic Aquarium's African Penguin Chicks' First Swim

Mystic Aquarium's African penguin chicks, Purple Red and Purple Gray, took their first swim in the Roger Tory Peterson Penguin Pavilion on May 9, 2013. The chicks hatched in February as part of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums Species Survival Plan. Mystic Aquarium's penguins are named by colors that represent numbers. As the 50th and 51st penguins to enter the aquarium's colony, purple represents the number five, red represents the number zero and gray represents the number one.