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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomes a baby white rhinoceros!

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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomes its seventh baby white rhino since 2004. Busch Gardens participates in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP) to ensure genetic diversification among threatened and endangered animals in zoological facilities. Photos by Matt Marriott/Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.

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Cute of the day: Baby White Rhino!

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TAMPA, Fla. November 12, 2008) – Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomed a new baby white rhinoceros on Wednesday, Nov. Busch Gardens participates in the American Zoological and Aquarium Association (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP) to ensure genetic diversification among threatened and endangered animals in zoological facilities.

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Lesbian Parakeets? Nanday Parakeets in Florida

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On my first day in Florida for the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival I landed at Orlando International Airport at about 9 AM, deplaned, waited for my luggage, got my rental car, and drove west. I was bummed out but still hopeful that one of my three target species would show itself. Wait, west? I never got to St. Petersburg.

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Baby Lemurs at Busch Gardens

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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomed two endangered baby red-ruffed lemurs on April 21. Lemurs are a species of primate, and reach sexual maturity between 2 and 3 years old. All species of lemurs are native to the island of Madagascar. Red-ruffed lemurs are one of nearly about 50 lemur species. 17 of a pound, at birth.

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Snow Geese in Florida

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Marks National Wildlife refuge in search of water birds – ducks and mergansers in particular. Both bore the darker colorations of the Blue Morph gene, but it was impossible to mistake the species for anything other than a Snow Goose. 2020 was that year for me! I arrived at St. A huge smile spread across my face.

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