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zoo stories: 69 news summaries

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Lions and Tigers and Bears—Oh, My!

The deadliest beasts in the animal kingdom aren't all the usual suspects

Sep 21, 07 2:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Surprise, surprise—the deadliest animal is the mosquito! Carrying diseases like malaria, skeeters cause over 2 million deaths a year. LiveScience tells you what else to keep an eye peeled for:
  1. Mosquito
  2. Asian cobra
  3. Australian box jellyfish
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Happy First Birthday, Mei Lan!

Atlanta zoo hosts party with local fans and Chinese dignitaries

Sep 7, 07 3:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Atlanta's Panda cub Mei Lan celebrated her first birthday yesterday, and her keepers invited local fans and Chinese dignitaries to her party. The guest of honor napped through the hoopla, even when the zoo president called the big day "one of the most significant" in the zoo's 118-year history.... More »

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Atlanta • zoo • birthday • panda • Mei Lan

Panda Fever Takes Vienna

Celebration after surprise birth of cuddly endangered species

Aug 24, 07 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - After Berlin's paroxysms over the polar cub Knut, now it's Vienna's turn: the giant panda Yang Yang has given birth to a 3.5-ounce cub, the first born in Europe in 25 years. The birth was a complete surprise; Yang Yang had shown no signs of pregnancy during a recent... More »

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Knut • Austria • zoo • panda • Vienna • Yang Yang • Schonbrunn Zoo

Snakes on a Plane! Almost!

Security nabs passenger in Cairo bearing bags of live vipers

Aug 12, 07 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Flyers could have found themselves reliving the scenario of cheesy horror classic "Snakes on a Plane" had security agents failed to nab a passenger with carry-on bags of live snakes headed for a jet leaving Cairo. Agents found a large number of reptiles, including at least one cobra, after... More »

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flight • zoo • snakes • Cairo • plane • Snakes on a Plane • animal

'Male' Panda Gives Birth to Twins

Jinzhu turns out to be a 'normal girl' after all

Aug 9, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - A giant panda once thought to be male gave birth to twin cubs this week in China. Jinzhu was believed to be male at birth, but the panda showed zero sexual interest after being shipped to Japan in 2000 to breed with a female. When scientists attempted artificial insemination, they... More »

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endangered species • reproduction • zoo • birth • animal behavior • panda • hermaphrodite • Jinzhu • baseball • animal

Panda Attacks Zookeeper

This bamboo is tasty, but I prefer human flesh

Aug 7, 07 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A zookeeper in northwestern China needed more than a hundred stitches after being scratched and bitten by a panda. The keeper was feeding the 2-year-old from outside the cage when the lovable bear grabbed his arms and started biting. The panda—Lan Zai —had recently been transferred from another... More »

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zoo • panda • attack • animal attack • zookeeper • Lan Zai • animal

Zebrula Kills at German Zoo

Offspring of horse and zebra is a crossover hit

Jul 5, 07 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Perplexed onlookers are flocking to a to a zoo in Germany to see a zebrula—the rare but not unprecedented offspring of a male zebra and a female horse, AFP reports. The animal, named Eclyse, has the head of a zebra, the body of a horse, and a coat split... More »

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hybrid animal • Germany • zebrula • horse • zebra • zoo • animal

'Knut' No Longer Equals 'Cute'

As camera-ready polar bear grows more fearsome, the 'aww' factor diminishes

Jun 1, 07 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Anyone who's ever had a nightmare about stuffed animals coming to life can relate to what Thomas Doerflein is going through. The zookeeper who's been celebrity polar bear cub Knut 's surrogate mother since the little camera hog was an adorable ball of fluff finds himself on the business end... More »

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Germany • Knut • Berlin Zoo • zoo • Thomas Doerflein • polar bear • zookeeper • animal

It's Not Easy Being Knut

Death threat to polar bear cub on heels of  health scare

Apr 19, 07 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Knut watchers were on high alert yesterday after the Berlin Zoo's polar bear cub was targeted with an anonymous death threat, just a day after recovering from a health scare that turned out to be a toothache. The 4-month-old alarmed visitors Monday by refusing to frolic, lying on the ground... More »

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Germany • Knut • Berlin Zoo • zoo • polar bear • animal

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