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Good news for fans of baby zoo animals: A new elephant calf was born at the San Diego Zoo this week! The bouncing baby boy--who hasn't been named yet--was born on Monday morning at 5:45. Here he is taking some of his first, unsteady steps near his mother, Umngani, at the zoo's Safari Park. Did you ever notice how a newborn elephant walks a lot like my grandpa? Also like my grandpa, this baby elephant really loves jazz clarinet, apparently. ...
Helena Sung Bright pink flamingos are the first things you see upon entering the San Diego Zoo in San Diego, Calif. Dozens of the leggy birds are wading in a lagoon ringed by tall, leafy trees. Some are being trailed by their young offspring, who are small and gray. "Those are baby flamingos," explains Christina Simmons, the Zoo's Public Relations Director. "Their feathers haven't changed color yet." One of the most progressive zoos in the country, the San Diego Zoo shows its animals living in "bioclimactic environments." "Before, zoos grouped animals taxonomically, meaning, for example, that all cats were shown together in one part of the zoo," says Simmons. "We took a new approach of ...
Diana Zalucky, Disney / Getty Images Good news for those of us who love cute, cuddly and awkward baby elephants! The San Diego Zoo is riding high after doubling the size of its wild-elephant herd (transplanted from Swaziland) in only seven years. The birth of three calves this year gives the San Diego Zoo "the most successful African-elephant breeding program in the world outside of Africa," zoo curator Jeff Andrews tells the San Diego Union-Tribune. Elephants are reportedly difficult to breed, due to unusual estrogen cycles that females develop in captivity. "People are looking to us to continue leading the way," Andrews tells the Union-Tribune, "Not just for our benefit but for all ...
Karl Drilling, BNPS.co.uk You know when you see some mom or dad at Target lose their cool and start screaming at their child in the middle of the store? You might think to yourself, "What a terrible, impatient parent! And how uncouth, to cause such a scene in public." But don't judge. If a kid pesters you enough, at some point you're going to want to bite off their head. Lions don't have department stores, but they do have kids, and even in the animal kingdom, it seems, kids can be annoying pains in the neck. Take this leonine papa at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, for example. By the (UK) Daily Mail's account, he showed the patience of Mufasa as his bratty cub "spent hours tugging ...