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Fluffy, spiked, and set up to delight: three new faces at Zoo New England are pocket-sized in stature but large in the cute factor. The arrival of 2 scaly-sided merganser ducklings at Franklin Park Zoo and a prehensile-tailed porcupette at Stone Zoo have given Zoo staff and guests alike reason to celebrate this spring.
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Apr is National Frog Month, and Stone Zoo is jubilant their first successful hatching of Dyeing Dart Frog eggs.
The eggs crave special care to accomplish the tadpole stage. The water conditions must be just correct. The first little tadpole (in photo below) has been named Thad. He shares his aquarium with a snail named Chad.
Photograph Credit: Stone Zoo
The tadpoles breathe with gills underwater. They gradually develop legs, and so lungs. and they metamorphose into adult Frogs. Forth with Toads and Salamanders, Frogs are Amphibians. Amphibians are known as indicator species, considering they tin can absorb ecology toxins through their skin. Ecosystems with big numbers of Amphibians are generally healthy.
Dyeing Dart Frogs are a blazon of Sprint-poisonous substance Frog. These Frogs live in the moist forests of Guyana, Surname, Brazil, and French Guiana, where they feed on ants, mites, and termites. Chemicals from their casualty are accumulated in the Frogs' peel glands, rendering the Frogs poisonous to the touch.
There are more than than 170 species of Sprint-Poisonous substance Frogs. About four of those species have been documented as being used to create poisonous blowdarts. To create these poisonous darts, indigenous peoples employ the Frogs' peel secretions to the darts' tips.
In the video to a higher place, a Magnificent Tree Frog, native to Australia, munches on crickets. Zoo keepers use the crickets to lure the Frogs from their hiding places each morning, assuasive the staff to account for each Frog nether their care.
Stone Zoo is a partner in the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Projection, which works to protect existing amphibian populations and introduce captive-bred Frogs into the wild.
Franklin Park Zoo'due south new Baird's Tapir made her exhibit debut terminal week, and now the sugariness calf needs a name!
Zoo New England is running a naming contest via CrowdRise, with donations supporting Global Wildlife Conservation's Nicaragua Tapir Projection. With a $5 minimum donation, members of the public can vote for their favorite name for the calf, now through January 31. Follow this link to vote: https://www.crowdrise.com/babytapir
The female calf was built-in on January 1 to 28-twelvemonth-old dad, Milton, and 13-year-old mom, Abby. This is the quaternary offspring for both parents.
ZooBorns featured news of the nascency in a Jan 8 post: "New Year, New Tapir at Franklin Park Zoo".
Photo Credits: Franklin Park Zoo / Zoo New England
Zoo New England participates in the Baird's Tapir Species Survival Program (SSP), which is a cooperative, inter-zoo program coordinated nationally through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). SSPs aid to ensure the survival of selected species in zoos and aquariums, most of which are threatened or endangered, and enhance conservation of these species in the wild. Because the AZA managed Tapir population is and then small – 29 males and 20 females (including the new calf) – every successful nascence and survival helps to secure the convict population. The new female person calf at Franklin Park Zoo helps to balance out this small, but male skewed population.
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Stone Zoo recently announced the birth of a Markhor. The female kid was born on July xvi to parents, Maya and Tyrion. She recently had her first health check and was a healthy 8.8 pounds.
The new family can exist seen inside the Himalayan Highlands exhibit. Stone Zoo is now home to x Markhor, including the new kid.
"Maya is very attentive to the kid, who has been nursing well and is stiff and active. As with any new nascency, we are closely monitoring the mother and baby," said Dr. Alex Becket, Zoo New England Associate Veterinarian in the department of Brute Wellness and Conservation Medicine.
Photo Credits: Zoo New England (Image 1) / Bridget Collins Lyman (ii,3)
Zoo New England participates in the Markhor Species Survival Plan (SSP), which is a cooperative, inter-zoo program coordinated nationally through the Clan of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). SSPs are designed to maintain genetically diverse and demographically stable convict populations of species. This nascency is the result of a recommended breeding.
Markhors (Capra falconeri) are the largest species of wild goat. They are native to the Himalayan Mountains, and their range includes northern Republic of india, Pakistan, and Transitional islamic state of afghanistan. They can typically exist institute living around or in a higher place the tree line.
Markhor take broad hooves and striking spiral horns that tin grow to three feet long in mature males. The long corkscrew horns that males develop as they mature are much sought later on by bays hunters.
The Markhor is currently classified as "Near Threatened" on the IUCN Red List.
In the wild, this species faces a number of threats including hunting as well as contest for food. These animals are too competing confronting domestic livestock for nutrient and water resources in their native habitat.
Zoo New England has supported a project in Pakistan that works with local communities to sustainably manage Markhor and other wildlife.
* "Zoo New England manages Franklin Park Zoo in Boston and Stone Zoo in Stoneham, MA. Both are accredited by the Clan of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Zoo New England's mission is to inspire people to protect and sustain the natural earth for future generations by creating fun and engaging experiences that integrate wildlife and conservation programs, research, and didactics."
On April 27, Annakiya, an Eastern Bongo, gave nascency to a female calf at Franklin Park Zoo.
The morn afterward her nativity, the 42-pound-calf had her well-baby examination, which included a general physical examination and blood work.
Dr. Alex Becket, Zoo New England Associate Veterinarian in the department of Beast Wellness and Conservation Medicine, remarked after the test, "The dogie appears healthy. She is bright, alert and responsive, and is also very potent and active. As with whatever new birth, nosotros are monitoring the female parent and baby closely. Annakiya is an experienced mother and is doing everything a mother bongo should."
The dogie is expected to exist on exhibit for short periods of time for Female parent's 24-hour interval weekend, weather permitting.
Photo Credits: Kayla St. George (Images 1-3) / Zoo New England (Images 4, 5)
The Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) is herbivorous and by and large nocturnal. It is among the largest of the African forest antelope species.
Bongos are characterized by a striking ruby-brownish coat, black and white markings, white-yellowish stripes and long slightly spiraled horns (both sexes accept horns).
Bongos are classified into two subspecies. The Western or Lowland Bongo (T. e. eurycerus) faces an ongoing population decline, and the IUCN classified information technology as "Near Threatened" on the conservation status calibration.
The Eastern or Mount Bongo (T. east. isaaci) is plant in Republic of kenya. Information technology has a more vibrant glaze than the Western Bongo.
The IUCN Antelope Specialist Group has classified the Eastern Bongo every bit "Critically Endangered". There are currently more specimens in captivity than in the wild.
Franklin Park Zoo has played a key role in growing the North American captive population through successful convenance. Since 1984, 17 Bongo calves have been built-in at Franklin Park Zoo.
Zoo New England participates in the Bongo Species Survival Plan (SSP), which is a cooperative, inter-zoo program coordinated nationally through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. SSPs are designed to maintain genetically diverse and demographically stable captive populations of species. This latest nascency is the result of a recommended breeding between Patrick (age half dozen) and Annakiya (age 14). This is Annakiya's tertiary calf, but it is her first with Patrick.
Bongos are the largest, and oftentimes considered the most beautiful, wood-domicile antelope found in the rainforests of equatorial Africa. Shy and elusive, Bongos are known for beingness almost silent equally they motility through dense forests.
The staff at Stone Zoo is pleased to announce the birth of a Linne'southward Two-toed Sloth. The baby, built-in Nov 2, is the offspring of Nero (age 11) and Lunesta (age 12). Visitors can see the infant, whose sexual activity is not yet known, with its parents inside the 'Windows to the Wild' exhibit.
"As with any new baby, we are closely monitoring its health. The baby appears healthy, bright and alert and is holding on tightly to its mother," said Pete Costello, Assistant Curator of Stone Zoo, adding, "Lunesta is an experienced mom and she is being very protective of her infant."
Photograph Credits: Stone Zoo & Zoo New England/ Image 1: Bridget Collins Lyman/ Paradigm 2-4: Dayle Sullivan-Taylor
Rock Zoo and Zoo New England participate in the Linne's Ii-Toed Sloth Species Survival Plan (SSP), which is a cooperative, inter-zoo plan coordinated nationally through the Clan of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). SSPs are designed to maintain genetically diverse and demographically stable captive populations of species. The birth is a result of a recommended convenance and is the third offspring for Nero and Lunesta.
Linne'due south Two-toed Sloths (Choloepus didactylus), too known as the 'Southern Two-toed Sloth', or 'unau' is a species of sloth from South America, found in Venezuela, the Guyanas, Republic of colombia, Ecuador, Republic of peru, and Brazil north of the Amazon River.
They spend nigh their whole lives dangling upside-downwardly from branches that they hold on to with all four clawed anxiety. While these animals motion actually well through the branches, once they are on the footing they are very slow and vulnerable to predators, as they are not congenital for walking.
Sloths eat mainly a vegetarian diet of leaves and shoots, and they spend roughly fifteen hours a day sleeping. Although they live in copse, sloths are not related to monkeys; rather, their closest relatives are the anteater and the armadillo.
In commemoration of the new baby sloth, Rock Zoo is offering a express edition mother and baby sloth Zoodopt. Through the zoo's Zoodopts program, patrons can back up the care, feeding and enrichment of the animals…including the sloths! For details visit http://www.zoonewengland.org/act/ways-to-give/zoodopt .
Morning walks, iii feedings a day, and circumspect care are all office of an Ostrich chick's daily routine at Franklin Park Zoo.
The chick, hatched on September 3, weighed about 2 pounds at hatching and measured nearly eight inches tall. Past the time it is six months old, the chick volition weigh effectually 150 pounds and stand 6 anxiety alpine. The hatching is a first for Franklin Park Zoo.
Photo Credit: Franklin Park Zoo
Because the zoo'due south adult Ostrich pair has non been able to reproduce, staff decided to obtain an egg from another zoo accredited past the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, incubate it, and mitt heighten the chick once it hatched.
The not-so-fiddling chick requires a lot of one-on-once with keepers. Daily walks are important to encourage proper os development. Diet, consisting of grain, greens, and chopped egg, is advisedly monitored so that the chick does not gain weight too rapidly, which as well ensures potent, direct leg development.
The male chick will be introduced to the adults when it is five to half-dozen months old. In the wild, Ostriches live in flocks that can number 100 birds.
There are four surviving subspecies of Ostrich, all native to Africa. Although all subspecies are in decline, only the North African Ostrich, which has disappeared from most of its original range, is listed as Critically Endangered.
Zoo New England supports the Sahara Conservation Fund's piece of work in Niger to protect the North African Ostrich.
Ostriches, which live on Africa's grasslands, are flightless birds built for running. They employ their wings for residual as they run. Their long powerful legs, flexible knees, and two-toed feet help them outpace predators and maintain speed over long distances. Ostriches can evangelize powerful kicks in self-defence force, and each of their toes has a long, sharp hook. Reaching speeds of 45 miles per hour, Ostriches the world'south fastest 2-legged beast.
Male Ostriches are black with white primary flying feathers and tail. Females are gray-brown and white. At nearly two inches across, Ostriches' eyes are the largest of any land brute. With eyes on the sides of their heads, Ostriches accept a 350-degree view of their environment.
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A 4-week-old orphaned Cougar kitten traveled from primal Idaho to Boston, where he will eventually make his new abode at Zoo New England'south Stone Zoo.
Photo Credit: Dayle Sullivan-Taylor
Blue, a male kitten weighing five pounds, was establish almost Salmon, Idaho and taken to a local veterinarian clinic. The next day, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game returned the kitten to the location where he was plant in hopes that the mother was nearby. Following this attempt to reunite the kitten with his mother, persons unknown found the kitten and it was once once again returned to the veterinarian dispensary. At that fourth dimension, Idaho Department of Fish and Game determined that the kitten could not be returned back to the wild and that a permanent domicile would need to be found.
"This belatedly-flavor kitten emphasizes the need to be diligent about leaving wild babies alone. While the outcome is not what was hoped for, it is the best situation for the kitten under the circumstances," said Dr. Marking Drew, Idaho Section of Fish and Game Wildlife Veterinarian.
Pete Costello, Assistant Curator of Stone Zoo, traveled to Idaho final calendar week to selection upwards the male kitten and bring him abode to Massachusetts. The trip was fabricated possible through coordination with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, equally well as through the generosity of JetBlue, which provided the travel arrangements and safety oversight.
Caring for the kitten will require significant attending from the zoo's skilled animal direction and veterinarian teams. Currently, the kitten is being bottle fed every 4 to five hours throughout the twenty-four hour period. He is being cared for at the zoo hospital, located at Franklin Park Zoo, for at to the lowest degree the first 30 days.
"Given the challenges he has faced in his offset few weeks of life, we are thrilled to exist able to provide a domicile for this kitten. Our staff prepared for his arrival and for the special care that this kitten will need during these early on days. An ambassador for his species, our guests will take the unique opportunity to acquire more most Cougars as they spotter him grow upwardly," said John Linehan, Zoo New England President and CEO. "His journey to Boston is the consequence of a truly collaborative effort. Nosotros are incredibly grateful to JetBlue, whose team went higher up and beyond every step of the manner in assuring a shine travel experience. In honor of all of their support, the new kitten will be named Bluish."
When Blue is big enough, he will move to his new dwelling house at Rock Zoo. He is expected to debut in the Cougar exhibit in wintertime 2015.
One of the largest of North America's wild cats, Cougars are besides known as Panthers, Painters, Mountain Lions, Pumas and Catamounts. Although the Cougars' The states range has diminished throughout the concluding century, they still take the widest distribution of whatsoever country mammal in the Western Hemisphere. They range from the Yukon in Canada through the western portion of the Usa and a small portion of the eastern United states of america to Patagonia. Cougars are found in a wide variety of habitats including lowlands, mountainous regions, deserts, and tropical forests.
Females typically give birth between Apr and September to ane to six kittens, which are born with a spotted coat and blue optics.
A Reindeer dogie built-in on April 27 is the kickoff always born at the Stone Zoo in Massachusetts and is already in the exhibit with mother Holly and begetter Cornelius.
Photograph Credit: Zoo New England/Dayle Sullivan Taylor
The newborn male Reindeer, which weighs 15 pounds, appeared healthy, brilliant and alert at his first well-baby examination. As with any new nascency, the veterinary and animal management staffs are closely monitoring the female parent and baby.
"Nosotros are thrilled to share news of this heady birth," said John Linehan, Zoo New England President and CEO. "Holly is a protective outset-time mother and she is being very attentive to her newborn dogie. The baby has been standing and walking, and he is nursing well. Visitors are going to take slap-up please in watching this baby grow upward."
The gestation period for Reindeer is near 7 months. Significant Reindeer do not shed their antlers until a few days to a week after giving birth. Reindeer are the only species of cervid (member of the deer family unit) where both males and females accept antlers.
The Reindeer is one of 36 species of deer in the globe. These animals can exist constitute in the arctic tundra, too as in boreal forests in Kingdom of norway, Sweden, Finland and Russian federation. They have been domesticated in Scandinavia for thousands of years. The Reindeer has 2 thick coats – an outer glaze and undercoat – that aid it stay warm in cold temperatures. The Reindeer's two-toed hooves assist prevent slips and falls in icy conditions. Reindeer are herbivores and feed on leaves, bark, moss and lichen.
The Stone Zoo, part of Zoo New England, recently welcomed a few new members to their drove. Amidst them, was a Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine that was born just over a month ago on February 16th. The little 1 was born to mother Comica (fourteen) and father Elvis (vi), later on a gestation of roughly six and half months. The breeding was a result of a recommendation by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums' Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine Species Survival Plan, which aims to conserve the species.
Prehensile-Tailed Porcupines are built-in with the eyes already wide open, and are able to use their unique prehensile tails, which are used to grip diverse objects, right abroad. Babies accept dense coats of reddish hair and sharp quills that are around 15 millimeters long. Not surprisingly, there isn't a whole lot of contact between the prickly mother and offspring, and the two only typically come together when it is time for the baby to nurse.
Photo credits: Rock Zoo
Prehensile-Tailed Porcupines are native to Central and South America. They live primarily arboreal lives, and employ their prehensile tail to aid them navigate through the forest canopy. In the copse, they forge for their vegetarian diet of flowers, leaves, shoots, and a special cambium layer that can be establish beneath the bark of certain trees. When threatened, porcupines will gyre upward into a brawl and shake their spines vigorously to fend off potential attackers.
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