Smithsonian National Zoo Smithsonian National Zoo News 2016

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Maned Wolves are back on exhibit in cheetah conservation station.
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The Smithsonian's National Zoo recently welcomed two new residents to its Cheetah Conservation Station: maned wolves. The 2-year-old brothers named Mateo and Quito hail from the Denver Zoo where they were born in May 2014. They will serve as ambassadors for their species, illustrating the social nature and behavior of maned wolves to Zoo scientists, keepers and visitors. Maned wolves inhabit the grasslands and scrub forests of central South America. With approximately 20,000 left in the wild, the species is considered near threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The species' primary threats include habitat loss and degradation and human conflict.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMTprNvMfXM
 
SEA LION PUP BORN AT THE NATIONAL ZOO


We have a new California sea lion pup! Calli gave birth June 26. Mom and pup are bonding in an off-exhibit area where keepers are closely monitoring them. The pup is nursing, moving and vocalizing, and appears to be doing well.
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This amazing shot of the birth was captured by animal keeper Jacqueline Conrad
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First Sea Lion born at the zoo in 32 years.
 
Asian elephants Bozie and Shanthi know exactly where to go when it’s hot outside! We're delighted to see Shanthi (right) enjoy the water and lay down in the pool. It’s a good indicator that she's feeling better and has made some improvements over the last few months. Our animal care team continues to treat Shanthi for serious nail infections caused by arthritis.
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Good, I'm glad. May Washington D.C, have a mild winter for her comfort, thought we seem to go alternating between open winters and bad winters, well, actually a cycle that starts with an open winter and then gets worse each year ending each cycle with a bad one, here on the East Coast, and last winter was the open one.
 
I'm going to the zoo on Sunday. I'll find out if there are any new bird species or just new individuals.
 
Species changes:

Elegant crested tinamou and guira cuckoo are gone. The kiwi exhibit was inaccessible.

In a variety of exhibits, these four species have been added:
Scarlet tanager, ovenbird, indigo bunting, and common yellowthroats. They are all for the Experience Migration exhibit.

A lot of animals got shuffled in the small mammal house. Several exhibits are empty right now. The two exhibits in the center have now been completed. The one closer to the entrance holds golden lion tamarin and la plata three banded armadillo, while the other side holds golden headed lion tamarin.
 
jayjds2 said:
Species changes:

Elegant crested tinamou and guira cuckoo are gone. The kiwi exhibit was inaccessible.

In a variety of exhibits, these four species have been added:
Scarlet tanager, ovenbird, indigo bunting, and common yellowthroats. They are all for the Experience Migration exhibit.

A lot of animals got shuffled in the small mammal house. Several exhibits are empty right now. The two exhibits in the center have now been completed. The one closer to the entrance holds golden lion tamarin and la plata three banded armadillo, while the other side holds golden headed lion tamarin.
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1. Do you know if the animals were taken off exhibit for construction or were they just gone?

2. I find it interesting they brought in new species before they even started construction of the new exhibits.

3. What species were moved? What exhibits were empty?
 
1. Probably gone for good. Their signs were gone. The guira cuckoo exhibit had three of the new species in it.

3. I believe golden headed lion tamarins, golden lion tamarins, and three banded armadillos were the only species that moved (other than prairie dogs being outside). Their former exhibits were empty, as the new exhibits are larger. An exhibit that formerly held prevost's squirrel was also empty.
 
Photo release: stanley crane chick hatched at the smithsonian's national zoo

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Bird House keepers at the Smithsonian's National Zoo are celebrating the arrival of a Stanley crane chick, hatched July 10 to the Zoo's 27-year-old female and 17-year-old male. Animal care staff are monitoring the chick closely and report that it appears to be alert and strong, and the parents are protective and have been feeding and brooding the chick. The Zoo participates in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Species Survival Plan for Stanley cranes and, since 2009, has successfully hatched eight chicks. In the coming weeks, staff will determine the chick's sex by obtaining a drop of blood from one of its quills. Native to South Africa and Namibia, Stanley cranes are considered vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to habitat loss, collision with powerlines and human-animal conflict. Visitors can see Stanley cranes at the Bird House's outdoor exhibit.
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A prehensile-tailed porcupine was born:
❤️ The Small Mammal House welcomed a prehensile-tailed porcupette yesterday afternoon! The baby appears to be doing well and is nursing. The porcupette will stay on exhibit with parents Bess and Clark for several months. We don’t know yet if our porcupette is a male or female. #WeSaveSpecies
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That's two prehensile-tailed porcupines born in the last 8 months. Before Charlotte (born in October) the zoo hadn't had a porcupette born 6 years.

Their father, Clark, was the last one born at the zoo in 2009.

Edit: Does anyone know which zoo Charlotte was sent to? Thanks in advance!
 
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Raise the house sigils, we have more summer babies! Four lesser tenrec babies were born this morning to mom Arya and dad Tyrion. (Sorry, Sansa.) The babies have no names—yet. They should be visible and venturing out of their nest in the next few weeks. #TenrecsAreComing #WeSaveSpecies
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For the first time in more than 15 years, zebras will graze the fields at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va. Three Hartmann’s mountain zebras—two females (Yvonne and Xolani) and one male (Raylan)—came out of quarantine last week at SCBI. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan for the species has recommended the females for breeding with the male, and SCBI researchers will be studying the animals to develop assisted reproduction techniques vital to the zebras’ conservation.
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Rare zebra species arrives at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute


SCBI scientists to develop assisted reproduction techniques for hartmann's mountain zebra
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First hooded crane chick born at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

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The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) hatched its first hooded crane chick June 14. The chick was born as the result of artificial insemination. The chick is being raised by its parents and appears to be doing well. This is the first chick for Tempest (female) and Mr. Crane (male).

SCBI is now home to eight of the 26 birds in the Hooded Crane Species Survival Plan in North America. There are less than 8,000 hooded cranes in the wild and the species is classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

SCBI has a successful crane breeding program. In addition to the birth of this hooded crane chick, 40 white-naped cranes have been born at SCBI. Twenty of those chicks were born as the result of artificial inseminations.

SCBI plays a leading role in the Smithsonian's global efforts to save wildlife species from extinction and train future generations of conservationists. SCBI spearheads research programs at its headquarters in Front Royal, Va., the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and at field research stations and training sites worldwide. SCBI scientists tackle some of today's most complex conservation challenges by applying and sharing what they learn about animal behavior and reproduction, ecology, genetics, migration and conservation sustainability.
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