Meanwhile, in a Chinese Zoo, a Man Bit an Ostrich to Death
You'd think the safest place for animals is usually a zoo. That apparently isn't the case in China.
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Staffers at a zoological conservation center in Greenwich, Conn., are very confused — as are the rest of us — because their female giant anteater, Armani, has managed to conceive a baby, apparently without the presence of a male anteater. What?
You'd think the safest place for animals is usually a zoo. That apparently isn't the case in China.
We can not get enough of David Villalobos, 25, the man who yesterday made a leap of faith off a monorail into the tiger den at the Bronx Zoo. He wasn't suicidal. He just really likes tigers.
Don't be fooled by its cute nose, its friendly-looking eyes, its cow-like coloring, or the overzealous joy that's infected the team over at The National Zoo. This baby panda is going to be expensive, a pain, and is certain to have an over-exposed life ahead of it--and the National Zoo knows it.
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