Many new arrivals: a male Amur tiger, a male snow leopard, and two slender-horned gazelle babies.
Blank Park Zoo shows off new animals
Blank Park Zoo shows off new animals
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More new arrivals: An okapi, 2 male addax and a skink of an unspecified species
(The amount of American zoos with Okapis seems to be growing rapidly in recent years.)
Okapi, Addax, Skink Among New Animals at Blank Park Zoo
(The amount of American zoos with Okapis seems to be growing rapidly in recent years.)
Okapi, Addax, Skink Among New Animals at Blank Park Zoo
JBZvolunteer
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The picture in the new story is a prehensile-tailed skink (Corucia zebrata)
a male harbor seal was born on August 3rd
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...orn-harbor-seal-pup-naming-contest/997062002/
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...orn-harbor-seal-pup-naming-contest/997062002/
The blank park zoo is having a baby boom again.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...d-flamingo-chicks-des-moines-iowa/1301818002/
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...d-flamingo-chicks-des-moines-iowa/1301818002/
Is this zoo worth a visit? Does it have anything that is very special and unique?
A young giraffe at the blank park zoo has died
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...tists-cite-internal-abnormalities/1684263002/
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...tists-cite-internal-abnormalities/1684263002/
Ayana the black rhino is pregnant, and possibly due at the end of February! 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.desmoinesregister.com/amp/2800054002
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.desmoinesregister.com/amp/2800054002
drill
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Some nice Australian birds, I have heard. They might have dollarbird.
What kind of Australian birds are at Blank Park Zoo?
Double Watted Cassowary, Laughing Kookaburra, Emu, Palm Cockatoo, Rainbow Lorikeet, and Budgerigar
For the first time in ten years, zebras are living at Blank Park. A pair of mountain zebras named Duke and Duchess will go on display when outdoor conditions improve.
Mountain Zebras Added to Blank Park Zoo’s Menagerie
Mountain Zebras Added to Blank Park Zoo’s Menagerie
Where did Duke and Duchess come from?
Just visited for the first time today. I found a reference on an old map to a small aviary by the Safari Grill that, according to a 2012 review from @snowleopard held "superb starlings and Rothschild's peacock pheasants". The building still shows up on the map but is not labeled as an exhibit, and I missed it while I was there. Can anyone confirm if that is still an active exhibit that is open to the public? I know @Echobeast has been there very recently, and @bugboiben was the last to upload photos; do either of you know about it?
Also wasn't able to find white-bellied go-away-bird in the Discovery Center, even though it was signed. And are there still sarus cranes somewhere?
A couple of additional notes for those familiar with the place: the snow leopard enclosure is now a second lion enclosure, while the serval and squirrel monkey/king vulture cages are no longer present and those three species have apparently left the collection.
Also wasn't able to find white-bellied go-away-bird in the Discovery Center, even though it was signed. And are there still sarus cranes somewhere?
A couple of additional notes for those familiar with the place: the snow leopard enclosure is now a second lion enclosure, while the serval and squirrel monkey/king vulture cages are no longer present and those three species have apparently left the collection.