Two male flamingos are raising an abandoned chick as their own after it was rejected by its real parents. The proud dads named Hudson and Blaze took the little egg under their wings at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.
The lone American flamingo egg was initially placed in an incubator after the parents ditched the nest. But keepers at the Bedfordshire zoo moved it into one shared by the two males to give it the best chance in life.
Keepers rightly thought the male birds were the best candidates amongst the whole 'flamboyance'. They sat tight on the egg until it hatched and have been taking exemplary care of their new baby ever since.
