VIDEO: Shedd Aquarium penguins build nests to music from Lyric Opera

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Thursday, April 16, 2020
VIDEO: Shedd Aquarium penguins build nests to music from Lyric Opera
Check out the music loving penguins at the Shedd Aquarium!

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Check out the music loving penguins at the Shedd Aquarium!

It's nesting season and they're hard at work along with "The Barber of Seville" serenade.

Chicago's Lyric Opera provided the soundtrack. The penguins are always dressed in their tuxedos for the opera!

RELATED: Shedd Aquarium penguins take a tour amid closure for coronavirus outbreak

Several of Chicago's Shedd Aquarium penguins got to meet some beluga whales on their latest field trip adventure around the facility.

"While the aquarium is closed to the public, caretakers are onsite 24/7 taking care of the animals, including the penguins," the Shedd Aquarium said. "Both species of penguins are expected to nest for the next few months, which may also result in new chicks joining the colony as early as May."

The Shedd Aquarium penguins have kept busy during the stay-at-home order in Illinois, taking a tour of the aquarium's exhibits as well as getting a visit from a porcupine.

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