Showing posts with label zoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zoo. Show all posts
Feb 21, 2013

Carolina Parakeet

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(Wikipedia) The Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) was the only parrot species native to the eastern United States. It was found f...
May 8, 2012

Shanthi, the National Zoo's Musical Elephant, Plays the Harmonica

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Dec 30, 2011

Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing

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(Wikipedia) - Ling-Ling (1969 - December 30th, 1992) and Hsing-Hsing (1970 - 99) were two Giant Pandas given to the United States as gifts b...
Jan 6, 2011

Plumpton Park Zoo is now open every day of the week

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(BANV) The new owners of the Plumpton Park Zoo in Rising Sun are now keeping it open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily to entice visitors to the...
Dec 7, 2010

Alexander Wetmore

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(Wikipedia) Frank Alexander Wetmore (June 18, 1886 North Freedom, Wisconsin – December 7, 1978 Glen Echo, Maryland) was an American ornithol...
Sep 24, 2010

Museum Day offers knowledge for no cost

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(MSNBC) What do Michael Jackson’s guitar-shaped belt buckle, an ivory telescope and a rotary jail have in common? They’re just a few of the ...
Sep 15, 2010

Jumbo The Elephant

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(Wikipedia) Jumbo The Elephant (1861 - September 15, 1885) was a very large African bush elephant, born 1861 in French Sudan, imported to a ...
Aug 18, 2010

Lazy American Panda Shapes Up in China

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(Slate) When Tai Shan, the Washington-born panda formerly known to the Internet as " Butterstick ," was repatriated to China this ...
Jun 26, 2010

Red Panda Born at the National Zoo

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(National Zoo) It was love at first sight for Shama and Tate, the Zoo's red pandas , and now, nearly a year and a half after they were i...
Feb 21, 2010

Carolina Parakeet

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(Wikipedia) The Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) was the only parrot species native to the eastern United States. It was found fr...
Feb 4, 2010

Video: Giant Panda Tai Shan Heads to China

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(National Zoo) Tai Shan officially began his journey to China early this morning, leaving the Zoo at 9:04 a.m. The four-and-a-half-year-old ...
Jan 30, 2010

National Zoo panda Tai Shan to fly to China on custom plane

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(Washington Post) Talk about service -- a huge new airplane with your own logo on the side, only eight people on board, including your docto...
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Dec 23, 2009

Panda does perfect tumblesault - in his sleep

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(Daily Mail) The animal, called Tai Shan, was sitting in his zoo enclosure when he began to doze off, his eyes flickering open and shut befo...
Dec 16, 2009

Ilya the manatee home for the holidays

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(boston.com) After a long, strange trip that took him up and down the East Coast, with stops in Cape Cod, New Jersey, and Maryland, the fame...
Dec 11, 2009

Wayward manatee Ilya, rescued in N.J., to be released into Florida waters

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(nj.com) Ilya, the wayward manatee rescued in New Jersey waters, is scheduled to be released into the South Florida waters next week. Ilya...
Dec 4, 2009

Panda Tai Shan returning to China

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(National Zoo) Tai Shan will be sent to the People’s Republic of China in early 2010, as stipulated in the agreement between the Zoo and the...
Nov 12, 2009

Ilya the Manatee Safe in Florida, Recuperating With Hot, Younger Chick

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(NYMag) Ilya, the manatee who swam to Cape Cod this summer, then prompted an October 27 rescue when he stalled in New York Harbor, is recove...
Oct 29, 2009

Wayward NJ manatee bound for FL

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Ilya is on his way back home via a Coast Guard C-130 plane. "All this thing did was eat," Schoelkopf said. "But that's a ...