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[Loxodonta Cobra]

New species at Zoo Knoxville: 0.6 common ostriches have arrived from an unannounced facility and are in the old rhino exhibit across from the new reserve.

Six new ostriches arrive at Zoo Knoxville | wbir.com

 

[Great Argus]

New species at Zoo Knoxville: 0.6 common ostriches have arrived from an unannounced facility and are in the old rhino exhibit across from the new reserve.

Six new ostriches arrive at Zoo Knoxville | wbir.com

Most likely they're from a ranch or ostrich farm, pretty rare that the AZA bothers trying to breed ostrich.

 

[Coelacanth18]

That's a lot of ostriches! Especially for that one old rhino yard and not a big mixed-species savanna.

 

[Milwaukee Man]

Two male red panda cubs were born on June 3rd, and will be making their debut very soon.

Zoo Knoxville welcomes red panda cubs born to Sisu and Doofah | wbir.com

 

[Zoofan15]

10 Flat-tailed tortoises have hatched:

https://www.wate.com/news/knox-coun...ritically-endangered-tortoise-hatchlings/amp/

Zoo Knoxville shared a video of the new hatchlings on Thursday, adding that they doubled the number of successful hatchings of the species in a season from their previous record.

 

[Zoofan15]

Red panda cubs named:

The male cubs born June 3 have been named Dr. Wallace and Mr. Darcy.

From socials:

Dr. Wallace is named in honor of Dr. Steven C. Wallace, professor at ETSU and curator of the Gray Fossil Site and Museum — where scientists discovered fossils of Pristinailurus, or giant red pandas, that lived in Tennessee millions of years ago.

 

[Nile Hippo Expert]

9-year-old male giraffe "Mokolo" is soon arriving from Elmwood Park Zoo on an SSP breeding recommendation.
Zoo Views: What’s a Carcass Feed?

 

[Nile Hippo Expert]

A baby gorilla was born yesterday to 27-year-old mother Kumi, in a labor that lasted just five minutes!
Zoo Knoxville welcomes baby gorilla | wbir.com

 

[Nile Hippo Expert]

A baby gorilla was born yesterday to 27-year-old mother Kumi, in a labor that lasted just five minutes!
Zoo Knoxville welcomes baby gorilla | wbir.com

The infant is a boy according to the zoo's Facebook page.