Baby Boom! Philadelphia Zoo Welcomes Adorable Baby Penguin, Sloth, Gibbon, Lemur and Langurs

Baby Boom! Philadelphia Zoo Welcomes Adorable Baby Penguin, Sloth, Gibbon, Lemur and Langurs

Spring has officially sprung at the Zoo, with the explosion of animal births including a critically endangered Mongoose Lemur, two endangered Francois Langur’s, an endangered White-handed gibbon, a Hoffman two-toed sloth and a Humboldt penguin chick, considered Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). All of the infants are doing well and are on exhibit at the Zoo - just in time for the holiday weekend.

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Philadelphia Zoo Introduces Baby Giraffe Named Bea Who Is Eight Feet Tall and 1,000 Lbs

Philadelphia Zoo Introduces Baby Giraffe Named Bea Who Is Eight Feet Tall and 1,000 Lbs

Philadelphia Zoo is thrilled to welcome a new addition to its family, Bea, a 15-month-old female giraffe, that arrived on November 20th from Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee. Since her arrival, Bea has been getting adjusted to her new keepers and met her new herd mates 18-year-old, Stella and 11-year-old Abigail. All are settling in well, and keepers are giving Bea her own space overnight which offers some independence and quiet time.

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