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A group of radical liberationist chimpanzees attempted to break free from their enclosure at the Belfast Zoo in Belfast, Northern Ireland this Saturday. The chimps used a branch as a form of …
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Even gorillas need dating apps to find love
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If a lonely Valentine’s Day has you doubting the power of dating apps, get ready to believe again.
Calaya and Baraka met just three years ago thanks to a matching algorithm. Since then, the two strangers went from potential dates, to lovers, and finally, to expectant parents — of a baby gorilla.
Baraka and Calaya are western lowland gorillas, residents of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Their, erm, fruitful partnership, only got underway thanks to a dating algorithm, made specially for gorillas.
As reported in the New Yorker on Monday, the Smithsonian’s “Gorilla Matchmaking” program is responsible for the union of Baraka and Calaya. The Smithsonian brought Calaya to meet Baraka back in February 2015 (quite the Valentine’s Day present), thanks to a match determined by a genetic and personality algorithmic compatibility ranking. The initial “Gorilla Matchmaking” technology was designed as part of the Gorilla Species Survival Plan back in the ’80s, and they’ve continued to refine the algorithm to promote gorilla breeding and species health ever since. Read more…
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The oldest U.S. polar bear turned 37 years old and she had a better birthday than you
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Coldilocks is the oldest Polar Bear in the United States and she celebrated her 37th birthday on Thursday at the Philadelphia Zoo.
Happy birthday to Coldilocks! At 37 years old, Coldilocks in the oldest #polarbear in the country! Join us tomorrow as we celebrate Coldi’s birthday with treats, presents, singing, BEARthday cake and more! pic.twitter.com/dwymK59dj4
— Philadelphia Zoo (@phillyzoo) December 13, 2017
The average lifespan of polar bears in captivity is usually 23 years old according to zoo officials but Coldilocks is benefiting from personal care at the Philadelphia Zoo.
SEE ALSO: The polar bear in this video is dying from starvation. Fortunately, most aren’t…yet Read more…
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The Weirdest Freak Accidents in Zoo History
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View More The Weirdest Freak Accidents in Zoo HistoryTony the baby hippopotamus is our new prince, America
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The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a newborn hippopotamus back in September. And now we finally know the young calf is a boy and his name is Tony. Oh, and our sweet Tony is also the adorable crowned prince of the zoo — nay, the country.
SEE ALSO: Fiona the hippo’s best moments of 2017
Tony is the twelfth hippo born to his mother and father, Funani and Otis, according to the San Diego Zoo. But he’s the number one hippo in our hearts (well, maybe number two after Fiona).
In just a couple months, Tony has already embraced his best life.
On his first day Tony, was getting around the water with a little help from his mom. Read more…
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View More Tony the baby hippopotamus is our new prince, AmericaThree Connecticut elephants were just given lawyers, and the case sways on free will
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A group of lawyers asked a Connecticut court on Monday to grant three traveling and working elephants “legal personhood,” a status that would set these intelligent creatures free.
The lawyers, of the Nonhuman Rights Project organization, previously attempted to get courts in New York to recognize chimpanzees as persons, but couldn’t sway the judges to accept that some intelligent animals should be given the same rights to free will as humans. Now, the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a petition of habeas corpus — a report of an unlawful imprisonment — for three elephants working at the traveling Commerford Zoo, based in Connecticut. Read more…
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For those who have the mettle to come face-to-face with a lion, an Australian zoo is opening an enclosure — except the humans are inside.
An experience called Lions 360 is opening at Monarto Zoo in South Australia. It’s a caged enclosure that allows visitors to walk right into the middle of the animals’ ten hectare habitat.
Despite the proximity, the experience is an “absolutely safe encounter,” giving visitors “a prey’s-eye view into the world of these awe-inspiring predators,” according to a description on the Lions 360 website.
Opening from Nov. 18, the experience lasts 60 minutes and costs A$60 (US$45) for adults, with an extra cost to feed the lions as well. The lions are able to climb on top of the enclosure, and can be fed by zoo staff through the cages. Read more…
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