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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: San Diego Zoo

San Diego Zoo stories: 2 news summaries

 Audio Stimulus Gets 
 Cheetahs to Mate 

Man-altered bioacoustics work as an aphrodisiac for cheetahs

Apr 2, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Man’s ingenuity has altered nature’s rhythms for the better at the San Diego Zoo, where an African cheetah cub was born after zookeepers helped her dad turn on her mom, the North Country Times reports. Park scientists used bioacoustics—human-altered animal sounds—to stimulate mating after they discovered... More »

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zoo • San Diego Zoo • scientific breakthroughs • mating • cheetah • bioacoustics

Panda Couple a Model of Fertility

Famous pair at
San Diego Zoo meet just once a year

Nov 26, 07 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Suggesting that quality does best quantity, two of the most reproductively successful pandas in captivity meet—and mate—but once a year, the AP reveals. Since 2003 the San Diego Zoo's Bai Yun and Gao Gao have produced three cubs, a great feat for the endangered species. The youngest... More »

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China • endangered species • breeding • zoo • captivity • panda • San Diego Zoo • Bai Yun • Gao Gao

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