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Essie at the Zoo

Essie at the Zoo

This is a picture of the first time Essie visited a zoo.

Chendra

chendra

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Marjorie McNeely Conservatory

Marjorie McNeely Conservatory

Violet Flower

Violet Flower

Turtle Pair

Turtle Pair

Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard

Tired Lion

Tired Lion

Pinecone Fascination

Pinecone Fascination

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Scampering

Scampering

Connection

Connection

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Knut the Polar Bear

Knut the polar bear is very very cute. Born in captivity late in 2006, he was abandoned by his mother and raised by zoo keeper Thomas Dörflein:

Knut’s need for around-the-clock care required that Dörflein not only sleep on a mattress next to Knut’s sleeping crate at night, but also play with, bathe, and feed the cub daily. Knut’s diet began with a bottle of milk every two hours before graduating at the age of four months to a milk porridge mixed with cat food, vitamins, and cod liver.

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Baby Beluga

Follow a mini blog about a week-old beluga whale calf at the Shedd Aquarium’s Beluga Calf Update. This is all old-hat for the whale mom Mauyak (which means “melting snow” in Eskimo), because this is her 6th calf. I particularly appreciate Cute Overload’s commentary in their post titled My First “PPPBBBBFFFFTTTHH!!!:

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