photos by Merari Çalderon Rufz
Baby animals
settle in
On Oct. 19, the Oregon Zoo welcomed a
2-year-old, 12-foot tall, Masai giraffe to
its Africa Savanna habitat.
The new addition came to us from the
zoo in Santa Barbara, California. The
Masai giraffes are the largest giraffe
species and ean grow up to 18-feet tall.
Their tongue can be up to 2i inches long.
The new arrival’s name is Buttercup, and
the keepers are holding him in the indoor
giraffe space. They think it will be at least
a month before Buttercup will adjust to
his new environm ent. They w ill then
introduce him to his new companions,
Bakari and Desi. The public will be able
to view Buttercup later this fall.
Another new arrival to the Oregon Zoo
is a baby polar bear name Nora who comes
from the zoo in Columbus, Ohio. At birth,
she weighed a whopping one pound. She
now weighs 150 pounds. When the cub
was only a week old, the zoo keepers at the
Columbus Zoo noticed that the mother
began to leave her alone for long periods
o f time, and that is when they decided to
rear her.
— TOM BOGGESS
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