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Zoo Cracks Down on
Gorilla's Screen Time

Jul 12, 2023 11:20 AM CDT

Zoo Cracks Down on Gorilla's Screen Time

It seems they really like visitors' cellphones

(Newser) - If you've ever had a kid, spouse, or decidedly boring date you couldn't drag away from their phone, the Toronto Zoo can commiserate. The Toronto Star reports that visitors have for some reason felt the urge to show Nassir the gorilla videos on their cellphones. "Nassir is...

Teens in Hot Water
Over Polar Bear Selfie

May 24, 2014 7:47 AM CDT

Teens in Hot Water Over Polar Bear Selfie

Toronto students hopped a fence to see cub up close

(Newser) - Today's adventures in ill-advised selfies involves a polar bear, but fortunately it doesn't end the way you think it might. As the Toronto Star explains, it happened during a high school field trip to the Toronto Zoo, when two students hopped a barrier to get closer to a...

Female Splits Up
'Gay' Penguins

Dec 13, 2011 8:36 AM CST

Female Splits Up 'Gay' Penguins

It's definitely over for Toronto Zoo's Buddy and Pedro

(Newser) - The penguin love affair dubbed "Brokeback Iceberg" by Jimmy Kimmel is now definitely over. Pedro and Buddy, the "gay" African penguins the Toronto Zoo decided to split up last month , are now both more interested in females, the BBC reports. Buddy, who shared a nest with Pedro for...

'Gay' Penguins to
Be Split Up at Zoo

Nov 10, 2011 2:45 AM CST

'Gay' Penguins to Be Split Up at Zoo

Officials want Buddy, Pedro to mate with females

(Newser) - A pair of "gay" penguins will be split up by the Toronto Zoo so that they can have chicks—with females. The so-far inseparable males “will be put in with a specific female so they have the chance to get to know one another, and if they bond,...