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Does anyone have any pictures of the kudus? I haven't been to the zoo since they went on exhibit and I can't find any pictures of them.
 
dcpandafan said:
Does anyone have any pictures of the kudus? I haven't been to the zoo since they went on exhibit and I can't find any pictures of them.
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Private message me - I can give you a link to my facebook or if you don't have an account, I can send a couple photos through email.
 
Some recent births at the Small Mammal House, confirmed by zookeepers or docents:

* Four tenrecs.
* Porcupine (unsure if that is from prehensile tailed or North American pair)
* Chevrotain
 
Is she pregnant? National Zoo officials take first ultrasound of giant panda

"For humans, either you’re pregnant or you’re not. There’s no waffling. But not so for giant pandas."

"National Zoo officials are hoping giant panda Mei Xiang births another cub, but it’s not easy to tell if she’s pregnant, because of the complicated reproduction cycles of giant pandas."

"Mei Xiang, the mother of the zoo’s hugely popular panda cub — Bao Bao — was artificially inseminated in the spring with semen from China. Last week, Mei Xiang had her first ultrasound, as zoo keepers try to figure out if she’s with child."

Is she pregnant? National Zoo officials take first ultrasound of giant panda - The Washington Post
 
Two clouded leopards were born via artificial insemination at a zoo in Thailand but Pierre Comizzoli, reproductive physiologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute helped with the artificial insemination so the zoo made an article about it.

Press Release - National Zoo| FONZ
 
Allen's swamp monkeys are currently in the former macaque exhibit (Think Tank). I do not have an accurate count of how many, but I think I saw 1.3 of them.
 
3 White-Naped Cranes have hatched. They belong to the same parents but two are being fostered by other pairs.

There are also 10 litters of black footed ferrets which has produced 37 surviving pups.
 
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