San Diego Zoo Public Relations

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JUNE 19, 2013
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What’s Pink and Gray and Cute All Over?

     A recently hatched Caribbean flamingo chick reaches up to its mother, hoping to be fed at the San Diego Zoo this morning. The Zoo currently has 118 Caribbean flamingos and this chick is one of seven hatched this year.

 

     When born, flamingo chicks have gray down feathers and are the size of a tennis ball with legs. After hatching, the chicks stay close to a parent, sitting with the mother or father for the first 5 to 12 days on a nest mound created for the chick.

 

     The San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park are among only a handful of zoos in the world to raise offspring from three of the five flamingo species; Caribbean flamingos, a greater flamingo subspecies, Chilean flamingos and lesser flamingos. Together, the Zoo and Park have successfully hatched over 450 chicks.

Photo taken on June 19, 2013, by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo.

 

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JUNE 17, 2013
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     Monroe, a western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, celebrated his second birthday today, savoring a multicolored ice cake made of fruits and vegetables and adorned with yam and banana frosting, ginger leaves and jacaranda and hibiscus flowers.

 

     The young gorilla licked and picked blueberries off his cake before running about his exhibit, playing with numerous cardboard animals and toys made by Safari Park volunteers to provide special enrichment for the precocious primate. Monroe was born at the Safari Park on June 17, 2011, and keepers say they have enjoyed watching the little guy develop and grow. They describe him as independent, curious and perpetually on the go.

 

     Monroe’s birthday party attendees included his keepers, Safari Park guests and volunteers, Monroe’s parents Kokamo and Winston, aunt Vila, Amani and Kami, and best buddy, 4-year-old Frank.  Monroe and the troop are on exhibit daily at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Western lowland gorillas are listed as critically endangered.

Photo taken on June 17, 2013, by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

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Captive-bred Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs Released into Native Habitat

     Researcher Frank Santana stands in Indian Creek preparing to release young, endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs. The froglets were bred and raised by Santana and other research staff at the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research for a year before they were released on June 12, 2013. Some of the froglets released were fitted with radio transmitters so researchers can track and monitor the frogs and begin to understand the activities of this endangered species. 

     The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the mountain yellow-legged frog of southern California as endangered in 2002. Reduced to fewer than 200 individuals by 2003, efforts to boost the species’ population have included captive breeding, reintroducing captive offspring to historic habitat and conducting scientific research into the causes of the species’ decline.

 

     Watched over by a team of federal, state, and private scientists, the mountain yellow-legged frog continues to maintain a perilous toehold in the mountains of southern California. Mountain yellow-legged frogs live in perennial streams in portions of the San Gabriel, San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains in southern California.

Photo taken on June 12, 2013, by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo Global

 

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June 4, 2013
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Showing Off Stripes: Okapi Calf Makes Debut at San Diego Zoo

     A 17-day-old female okapi calf at the San Diego Zoo took her first stroll around her exhibit this morning, staying near Mom and appearing a little tentative but curious about her new surroundings. The calf was born on May 19 and, until today, has been behind the scenes and out of public view in the Zoo’s okapi barn with her mother, Safarani.

 

     Animal care staff report the calf is healthy and progressing well and has almost doubled her birth weight in a little over two weeks. This is the fourth calf born to Safarani and the 23^rd  okapi born at the San Diego Zoo.

 

     Okapis are native to the Ituri Forest, a dense rain forest in Central Africa. The species is near threatened, mainly due to habitat destruction. It is believed there are currently less than 25,000 okapis in the wild. There are less than 90 okapis in zoos in the United States.

Photo taken on June 4, 2013, by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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May 22, 2013
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Koalas at the San Diego Zoo Get a New Home
Conrad Prebys Australian Outback Opens May 24

     Female koala, Tonahleah, and her 10-month-old male joey, Gummy, settle into their new digs at the all-new Conrad Prebys Australian Outback exhibit at the San Diego Zoo.

 

     The 3-acre exhibit, opening to the public Friday, May 24, is the new home to koalas and other marsupial species from Australia including wallabies, wombats and an egg-laying mammal, the short-beaked echidna. Australian Outback also features aviaries of native Australian birds, like the kookaburra and bowerbird.

 

     The mother and joey are two of the 21 koalas at the San Diego Zoo. The San Diego Zoo has the largest breeding colony of Queensland koalas and the most successful koala breeding program outside of Australia. For more information about Australian Outback, visit  www.sandiegozoo.org/koalafornia/exhibit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Taking a Long View

 

     A baby giraffe peeks out over the backs of the adults in her herd during her first day with the rest of the herd at the San Diego Zoo.  The youngster, who was born at the Zoo on Thursday, May 9, had been in a restricted “playpen” area of the habitat until animal care staff felt she was old enough to venture out into the larger space.

 

     Masai giraffes are native to Africa and are threatened in some areas.  Giraffes are about six feet tall at birth.

Photo taken on May 17, 2013, by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo.

 

 

 

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     Keepers provided four names for the public to vote on and Kirra received 40 percent of the vote. The name is fitting, as the young koala started eating eucalyptus leaves at an early age. Kirra is the third joey born to her mother, Nariah, and can be seen in a temporary exhibit at the Zoo with females Orana and Sooki. These four koalas will be moving to the new Conrad Prebys Australian Outback this month and the exhibit will open to the public on Friday, May 24.     Photo taken on May 14, 2013, by Tammy Spratt, San Diego Zoo.

 

 

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     Senior Horticulturist Paul Jarand takes guests on a tour of the Orchid House this morning at the San Diego Zoo.  The green house, which is filled with 500 species of orchids will be open from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. during Discovery Days: Garden Festival presented by Sparkletts, May 9 through 12, 2013.

 

     Garden Festival showcases the Zoo’s fabulous foliage with plant displays, self-guided walking tours, a scavenger hunt and opportunities to talk with Zoo horticulturists. Garden Festival is included with Zoo admission and membership. Visit www.sandiegozoo.orgfor more information on Garden Festival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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     A Victoria crowned pigeon lands on its trainer while practicing behaviors for the Frequent Flyers bird show at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park this morning.

 

     The Safari Park has continued to expand its bird show since 2005, when the show debuted. The numbers of birds in the show has now tripled. One of the show’s unique factors is that with over 50 trained birds available, the show is constantly changing. Bird trainers often vary which birds they bring out, keeping both the audience and the birds on their toes, so to speak.

 

 

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