[Animals] How a flight attendant and several passengers helped save 6 flamenco eggs aboard a flight

[Noticias ALEJANDRO]

 

A Seattle Zoological shared a story that can be this month's favorite: these are six flamenco eggs, a rescue effort in full flight and a comforting reunion. We are delighted.

It all started on an August 2023 flight.
Six flamenco eggs from the Atlanta Zoo were chosen to transport them to the Woodland Park zoo, in Seattle, which had major flamingos, which had already exceeded their playback age.

The plan was simple: a caregiver of the Woodland Park zoo would transport the six Atlanta to Seattle eggs on a flight of about six hours, using a portable incubator to keep them hot.

But, during the flight, the incubator stopped working.

The caregiver looked for help quickly and, when Amber May approaches, Alaska Airlines hostess made an unusual request.

"The passenger pressed the call button and asked me to help you keep hot eggs," May said in a statement published by the airline. She did not waste time: May went to the plane's kitchen, found rubber gloves and began to fill them with hot water, according to the airline.

May took the gloves to the zoo official and wrapped them around the eggs, forming a hot nest. But that was not all: the passengers of the plane who were sitting close began to offer their coats and scarves to isolate them better, the zoo said.

May said he continued watching the eggs during the rest of the flight and replaced the gloves with new ones when the water inside cooled, according to the airline.

"Flamenco eggs would not have survived five hours in a portable incubator that did not work," Joanna Klass said in a press release, responsible for the care of the animals of the Woodland Park zoo. "We are very grateful for the rapid reaction that allowed the safe transport of our beautiful eggs."

Those responsible for the zoo affirm that May's actions - and the help of other passengers - contributed to save the lives of the six flamingos, which ended up being born healthy the next month.

A flamenco called 'Sunny'
The six Chilean flamenco chicks were the first to be born in the Woodland Park zoo since 2016, the enclosure reported.

After the birds were born in September, they were "handed by hand" by bird -expert caregivers, who fed them and took them to walk every day to help them exercise, said the zoo.

Months after May saved the eggs, he received a call from the zoo with an invitation: they asked him to meet the flamenco he had saved and name one of them.

The Male Flamenco called "Sunny", in honor of his newborn granddaughter. The other five flamenco are a male, Bernardo, and four females, Magdalena, Amaya, Rosales and Gonzo.

 

 

May and his granddaughter were invited to the zoo to meet Sunny in November, according to a spokesman for CNN. (Those responsible for the zoo shared the story this month while waiting for all birds to be called, the spokesman added).

And yes, the photos of that meeting are adorable.

 

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