Good News Notes: “At first glance, frog number 307457, also known as “the Old Man,” looks no different from the 30-odd Panamanian golden frogs he shares a basement room with at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park. His personality, though, is more muted. Although he has an entire enclosure to himself, he often prefers to hide among…
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National Zoo’s Mei Xiang Gives Birth To Baby Panda
Good News Notes: “Mei Xiang, a giant panda at the National Zoo in D.C., gave birth to a healthy panda cub on Friday at 6:35 p.m, the zoo has announced. Mama bear has already shown ‘positive mothering behaviors,’ Zoo wrote in a tweet. ‘She immediately picked up the cub and she’s cradling it,’ zoo spokesperson…
Watch Live as the National Zoo’s Cheetah Gives Birth to a Litter of Cubs
Good News Notes: “A five-year-old mother cheetah named Echo has given birth to a litter of cubs at Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia. You can watch live as Echo bonds with her four cubs on Smithsonian’s Cheetah Cub Cam. This Livestream is the same footage animal care staff are watching from afar…
Hair to stay: National Zoo welcomes 2 tiny, mustachioed monkeys
Good News Notes: “The National Zoo announced Tuesday it has welcomed Fleck and Poe, two emperor tamarins, who both sport long white whiskers. Fleck is the older brother at 2 ½ years old, and he has slightly bushier whiskers. Poe is 1 ½ years old with what the zoo described as a smaller, pointier mustache.”…
Dentist Devine, A Root Canal On A Tiger?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/tiger-root-canal-patient-makes-national-zoo-debut/2019/02/26/058e6fe4-3a43-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html