Rotterdam zoo Blijdorp, which was given charge of 51 stolen puffin eggs seized from smugglers at Schiphol airport, has managed to hatch 42 of them. The eggs were part of a collection of 79 eggs found in the luggage of three German nationals who had travelled from Iceland to Schiphol airport three months ago. “But now the big hatching cupboards are a jolly cacophony of chattering puffballs,” he said. The smugglers, who were also carrying an incubator to keep the eggs warm, were fined €7,500 each earlier this month. Only five of the 28 duck eggs in the smuggled collection hatched.