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Polar Bears: Waiting May Be Over
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An update on our Chinook: she is no longer experiencing long, lazy days. No more sleep-ins or early good nights. She seems to have moved well out of what we think of as a false pregnancy and is ready to join our other two polar bears that are out watching our guests. Over the past week, we have been gradually ...15 hours ago -
An Elephant Goes to the Dentist…
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What might sound like the opening of a joke, “An elephant goes to the dentist,” was serious business last week at the San Diego Zoo. Jewel, an Asian elephant, had a lower molar that wasn’t wearing properly and was hindering her eating. So, to remedy this, and to get her back to eating properly, the San Diego ...1 day ago -
G’Day from Australia!
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Ring-tailed lemurs My name is Steve, and I am an ungulate keeper at the San Diego Zoo. Currently, I am on a three-month exchange with a keeper from the Melbourne Zoo, Jason Barry. Why, you ask? Last year two keepers did the same exchange: Adam from the San Diego Zoo and Brent from the Melbourne Zoo. (Read Adam’s ...2 days ago -
Merv And Jack
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This photo is of Merv Griffin and my good friend for many years Jack Badal. Jack appeared on the Merv Griffin Show in the early 1960’s. In Jacks arms is his gorilla Ramar. Jack started his career with wild animals at a young age, first working as a animal attendant in many zoos though United States. In Jack’s ...3 days ago -
2009 San Diego Christmas Light Displays
Carlsbad, Encinitas and San Diego Luxury Real Estate —
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Christmas lights at Hotel Del Coronado Carlsbad, CA –Christmas in San Diego may not be snowy or white, but the twinkling light displays bring cameras, adults and kids to many San Diego neighborhoods. They also bring sparkles of light to what many are seeing as a dreary economy this year. Here is the short (and ...3 days ago -
Cheetah Cubs: Lots of Spots!
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Shiley, Johari, and Taraji in a rare moment of repose. We’ve had an explosion of cuteness at the Wild Animal Park in the form of adorable cheetah cubs. Critically endangered, each cheetah cub arrival is cause for celebration—but what do we do with all those spots? Although these tall, slender cats are ...5 days ago -
14th Exam: Panda Star
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Keeper Kathy Hawk had her hands full this morning: during Yun Zi’s weekly exam, it was all she could do to keep a good grip on him! The panda keepers knew that the cub was getting too mobile to examine him on the table any more, so they rolled out the carpet this week to give Yun Zi more space to move around. Then, ...6 days ago -
A New Okapi!
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Uche at 3 days old The birth of an okapi calf is always a highly anticipated event. It’s a long wait: the gestation period is 14 months! Okapi Ayana went into labor on October 9, and we were thrilled to welcome the 37th calf to be born at the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park. He’s a big, strong male, weighing ...6 days ago -
Female giant pandas ‘chirp’ to get pregnant
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London, December 03 (ANI): A study on giant pandas has found that the females inform the males about their fertility status through chirp calls.Giant pandas’ short breeding season is facilitated with female pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) making high-pitched calls soliciting male attention.However, the breeding ...1 week ago -
Polar Bears: Nine Years of Change
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JoAnne had an eye-to-eye cub connection. JoAnne has just returned from studying polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Read her previous post, Polar Bears: Living in Churchill . In November 2001, I journeyed to Churchill for the first time to see polar bears. The freezing cold and strong winds from the north ...1 week ago -
We Love Volunteers
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Volunteer Andrea Ortiz washes one of many tortoise totes. As soon as San Diego Zoo staff arrived at the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center (DTCC) in Las Vegas back in March 2009, we started receiving e-mails from people interested in volunteering their time to help the tortoises. We knew that starting a volunteer ...1 week ago -
Polar Bears: Living in Churchill
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JoAnne is in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, to study polar bears. Read her previous post, Polar Bears: Tundra Heartbreak . What it is like living in the Polar Bear Capital of the World? I am sharing my ninth fall here in Churchill with the folks that call this home. The town has approximately 900 residents, which ...1 week ago -
Elephant Odyssey: The Herd
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As I write this update, I am amazed that we have been at the new Elephant Odyssey facility at the San Diego Zoo for six months already. Where has the time gone? The elephants have done amazingly well adjusting to the new Elephant Care Center. All seven come into the stalls daily for footwork, baths, and any needed ...1 week ago -
Polar Bears: Tundra Heartbreak
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A large male polar bear out on the tundra. JoAnne is in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, to study polar bears. Read her previous post from the field, Polar Bears: Who Was Your First? I will open by telling you that this story will break your heart. Please know this will not be easy to read, but it is a story that ...1 week ago -
India: Turtle School
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Assam roofed turtles I’m waiting for a ride to the Guwahati Airport in Assam, India, for my flight back to Delhi. In front of me is the mighty Brahmaputra River. One of the largest rivers in the world at over 1,800 miles (2,880 kilometers) long, it is home to the greatest freshwater turtle and tortoise diversity ...2 weeks ago -
Polar Bears: Who Was Your First?
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JoAnne is in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, to study polar bears. I am sitting out in the middle of the Churchill tundra. I am rocking back and forth in a Tundra Buggy as 44 mile-per-hour (70 kilometer-per-hour) winds blow the snow all around. I think back to my first wild polar bear sighting. It was nine years ...2 weeks ago -
Exam 13: Development Spurts
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Am I really this cute? Although I was present at last week’s panda cub exam, I had missed the previous two. In those two weeks I missed his first teeth and his first steps. Oh, the agony of missing such milestones! Couldn’t he have waited for me? Ha, ha. See video I knew his teeth would emerge any day, so ...2 weeks ago -
Measuring Wind beneath Condor Wings
San Diego Zoo Blogs —
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A condors eye view? Flying over condor habitat in Baja California, Mexico. Last month, we conducted an expedition to install a series of meteorological stations on the remote and inaccessible eastern escarpment of the Sierra Mountains of Baja California, Mexico. This rugged region of spectacular natural beauty is the ...2 weeks ago -
Reptile Diversity at Desert Tortoise Conservation Center
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Long-nosed leopard lizard The Desert Tortoise Conservation Center (DTCC) is located in southwest Las Vegas on a lovely patch of bajada (a broad sloping area of the desert surrounded by mountains). Here in the heart of the Mojave Desert, we are home to many desert tortoises, which are considered a flagship species ...2 weeks ago -
Panda Kindergarten
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Now that Yun Zi has his official name, what’s ahead for our boy? Currently he is taking “baby steps,” crawling and walking out of the den, either by himself or with the “help” of Bai Yun. As with every panda cub born here at the San Diego Zoo’s Giant Panda Research Station, it is very important that the ...2 weeks ago
