October 21, 2008
Nearly 400 photos were submitted to the Chicago Zoological Society for the 2008 Photo Contest. A panel of professional photographers had the tough assignment of selecting winners in various categories, including a children's category. The grand prize winner was a photo of Nadaya, one of Brookfield Zoo’s western lowland gorillas, taken by Mark Bates of New Lenox.
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October 06, 2008
The birth of a Bornean orangutan at Brookfield Zoo draws attention to a primate species under dire threat in the wild. The female, born on the evening of October 6, is only the second birth of an orangutan expected in an accredited North American zoo this year.
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August 28, 2008
Franny, a 17-year-old reticulated giraffe at Brookfield Zoo, gave birth to a male calf a little after noon on August 15. Many visitors were able to observe the start of the birth before Franny went to an off-exhibit outdoor yard to deliver her calf.
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July 30, 2008
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Over 300 green treefrog tadpoles hatched at Feathers & Scales, and at Hamill Family Play Zoo exhibits. Watch the metamorphosis as the tadpoles transform into full-fledged, adult frogs by early to late-September.
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June 27, 2008
Two litters of naked mole-rat pups born less than a month apart to separate "queens."
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June 02, 2008
Pachyderm pals of all ages are invited to join in the 38th birthday celebration for Affie, one of the African elephants at Brookfield Zoo. The gargantuan party takes place on Saturday, June 14, at 10:30 a.m. in front of the elephant yard.
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March 27, 2008
Third generation of rock hyraxes born on exhibit.
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March 19, 2008
Two Bactrian camels, one born on February 28 and the other on March 22, 2008, have made their public debuts at Brookfield Zoo. There are about 125 Bactrian camels in accredited North American zoos, and the wild population, numbered at fewer than 1,000, is endangered.
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September 19, 2007
Radiologists from Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital performed the first-ever documented hydrothermal ablation, or HTA, on a nonhuman primate. This procedure, which is much less invasive than a hysterectomy, coagulates the endometrium, or inner lining of the uterus.
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