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Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Edinburgh Zoo welcomes endangered penguin chick as first hatch of the year
dailyrecord.co.ukAn endangered penguin chick has been born at Edinburgh Zoo.The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) celebrated the occasion by sharing a photo of the baby animal, and it has been called "so cute".
The new chick is a Northern rockhopper penguin, which are unfortunately endangered as a result of climate change. The as-yet unnamed baby is the very first chick of penguin breeding season, and was born to parents Pinny and Bruce.In 2022, the zoo welcomed two Northern rockhopper chicks, Sandy and Frankie, who "have settled into the colony well".Senior keeper at Edinburgh Zoo Michael Livingstone commented: “Northern rockhopper penguins are endangered due to climate change, changes in marine ecosystems and overfishing, so it is really exciting to welcome a new chick."The first 30 days are critical for their development, so we will be keeping a close eye on the youngster at this sensitive time."Edinburgh Zoo took to Facebook to share the news on Tuesday morning, and the post has already received dozens of likes and comments.
One excited Facebook user wrote: "Baby rockhoppers! I see a trip on the cards.""Ohh so cute," said a second, while a third echoed: "Great news".As well as being part of the European breeding programme for Northern rockhopper penguins, RZSS has worked to help safeguard the species in the wild for many years, partnering on the species conservation action plan and carrying out genetic analysis in the zoo’s RZSS WildGenes lab to understand connectivity between the breeding populations on remote islands in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.The public can keep watch an eye on the zoo's penguins on its free live webcams. Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our newsletter here.
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