Track Mystic's newest penguins online

(Brian Burnell, NECN) - Mystic Aquarium is a hot destination during school vacation. On Sunday they had one of their biggest days ever and Monday was busy, too. The headliners here are the Beluga whales and, of course, the Sea Lion show but there are some little ones here who are a big hit. There are two new additions to the African penguin population. Two chicks were born recently and you can watch their progress on your computer through a webcam set up in the nesting room. At the moment they are not easy to see. Sarah Misslin, Penguin Trainer: What you see as far as the chick is a little black fuzz ball sort of in the back there and you can watch for the parent to turn around and feed. They normally sit facing forward. You'll see them turn their head. Parents do feed regurgitated fish that they've eaten themselves that's partially digested. And the chicks do grow very fast. They're about 20 and 24 days old right now. Within 13 weeks they will be full grown so you can watch for them to get bigger and bigger. But, right now, even with our camera inside the nesting room the chicks are impossible to see because they stay beneath their mothers for warmth. That will change as they grow. They will venture out and explore the world and eventually be weaned from their parents to take food from trainers. You'll notice when you log on to the webcam at mysticaquarium.org under the channel sea heading there is a sign pointing out where to look. Sarah Misslin, Penguin Trainer: And you tell me you tune in. I do, yes. We do as staff a lot. On our days off and when we go home. We want to check in and see how things are going. When you work with animals its more than a job. The room where the penguins are nesting is kept at 60 or 70 degrees. Now I know what you're saying. "Penguins are supposed to like it cold." But remember... these are African penguins so they like it a little warmer. And people like watching them. Traffic on the channel sea heading on the webpage is up over 3-thousand percent since "penguin-cam" went on. Once the babies are old enough they will either stay here at mystic are be shipped to another zoo or aquarium.