Watch as zoo's first baby flamingo in almost a decade takes first steps

New footage showing Edinburgh’s Zoo’s first baby flamingo in almost a decade taking its first steps has been released.

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) announced the new chicklet had hatched on September 4.

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The chick’s arrival marked the first hatching in nine years for the zoo’s breeding programme.

Now Edinburgh Zoo has shared footage of the new addition taking its first tentative steps under the watchful gaze of its parents.

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Following the chicklet’s arrival, Lorna Hughes, birds and primates team leader at Edinburgh Zoo, said it was “incredible” to see the parents taking care of their little one.

Edinburgh Zoo’s flamingo flock is home to residents of all ages, from the newly hatched chick to Shrimpy, Louis and Rio, who are estimated to have hatched in 1961.

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