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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 has celebrated a total of seventh white rhino births since October 2004. Busch Gardens has celebrated a total of seventh white rhino births since October 2004. Photos by Matt Marriott/Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.

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Lesbian Parakeets? Nanday Parakeets in Florida

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I was bummed out but still hopeful that one of my three target species would show itself. Petersburg, which is where I was headed after dipping the Bar-tailed Godwit north of Tampa. But, what do I know of introduced parrot species? The Nanday Parakeet , native to South America, was first observed in Florida in 1973. Petersburg.

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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. The October 2004 birth of Mlaleni and Tambo’s first calf, Malaika, marked the first white rhino birth in the adventure park’s history.

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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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