While there is a steady stream of visitors, over the past three months, the numbers of visitors have dropped due to the rains
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Seven penguins were brought from the Coex Aquarium, Seoul (South Korea) to the Byculla zoo in July 2016 and shortly after, a one and a half-year-old female penguin had died of a bacterial infection. Two pairs of penguins started mating last year but only Flipper laid an egg. Barring Molt and Flipper, Donald and Daisy, as well as Popeye and Olive, have also partnered up. Thee year old Bubbles, however, is left without a mate.
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After an initial quarantine period, the exotic birds were up for public viewing from March this year. Soon after that, the civic body imposed a hike in the entry fee for maintaining the state-of-the-art facilities installed at the zoo for the resident penguins. The entry fee from Rs 5 to Rs 50 from August 2017.
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