Hsing-Hsing & Ling-Ling, 2 of these animals at Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo, mated in 1983, but the cub soon died
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A Brief History of Giant Pandas at the Zoo | Smithsonian's National Zoo  Over the next 20 years, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing produced five cubs. Sadly ... But ever since their arrival, the pandas have symbolized cross-cultural ... efforts and the Zoo's animal care and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology ... 1983: After a decade of trial and error, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing mated for the first time.
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2004 Briefs - San Diego Zoo Global Library  A small, early-morning fire has closed the Bird House at the National Zoo for the day. ... fish invasions, but now researchers from the University of Washington and the Reef ... affect a faster expulsion of large particles from the forestomach of these animals. ...... The zoo's previous panda pair - Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing - bred...
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Posts during January 2012 for Ursus arctos - Carnivora  Jan 15, 2012 ... Don't care about anything else with these posts (such as who wins in a ... Given the bear has better stabillity(on it's hind legs), but the cat is ..... Bai Yun has had four panda cubs  three with her "super" mate. ..... Until recently, Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo housed Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, perhaps...
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2005 Briefs - San Diego Zoo Global Library  For the second time in five weeks, a polar bear has died at the St. Louis Zoo. .... "Once these animals become old or sick, they have a system to get rid of them, giving ...... Their parents -- the deceased Hsing-Hsing and his female partner, Ling-Ling ...... A male was born last month at Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo, igniting...
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Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing - Wikipedia  Ling-Ling (196992) and Hsing-Hsing (197099) were two giant pandas given to the United ... They arrived at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on April 16, 1972, and were ... During their time at the National Zoo, the pair had five cubs, but none of them ... "Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing : Meet the Pandas : Animal Planet".
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Landmarks in ZSL History | Zoological Society of London (ZSL)  1849. World's first Reptile House opened at London Zoo. ... The first animals arrived at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park - two Amherst pheasants, a golden ... Emperor of Japan visited Regent's Park and was made an Honorary Fellow. ... ZSL Whipsnade Zoo opened its brand new Butterfly House and a brand new VIsitor Centre...
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Dodo Bird: an Extinct Species - Bagheera  Large numbers of dodo birds were killed for food. Later ... Since the average life span of this tree was about 300 years, the last members of the ... They have used turkeys to begin a new generation of the tree, which is now called the dodo tree. If these seedlings survive to produce their own seeds, the species will be saved.
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Washingtonpost.com: Ling-Ling Dies Suddenly  Ling-Ling, the female half of the National Zoo's fuzzy and beloved pair of rare ... in 1972, one of the first fruits of President Nixon's peacemaking visit to China.
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ZSL London Zoo | London Attractions | Things to Do in London  The ZSL London Zoo (Zoological Society of London) was first established in 1828 to ... At the time, Britain could boast the foremost naturalists in the world. ... The Reptile House was opened in 1849, the Insect House in 1881. ... The Zoo is located in the north east corner of London's Regent's Park and is about ... City Guides.
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National Zoological Park (United States) - Wikipedia  For its first 50 years, the National Zoo, like most zoos around the world, focused mainly on exhibiting one or two representatives of as many exotic species as...
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Bushman comes to Chicago - Chicago Tribune  He was Lincoln Park Zoo's most popular resident, but not always its best tempered. ... When an orphaned infant gorilla named Bushman arrived at Lincoln Park Zoo on ... and he looked, one writer said in 1947, "like a nightmare that escaped from ... His mounted remains are displayed at the Field Museum of Natural History.
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Big Cat Attacks - Big Cat Rescue  Oct 4, 2016 ... The remaining big cats were relocated to Wild Animal Sanctuary in CO. ... The 37-year-old woman was attacked by the tiger while she was in his cage. ... Her escape prompted a lockdown at the zoo and guests were ushered ... of Papanack's Exotic Animals shot and killed a five-year-old male lion named...
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Fort Wayne Children's Zoo - ZooBorns  Oct 31, 2015 ... It's Halloween, and that means zoo animals around the world are enjoying ... of this critically endangered species to be born in a United States zoo in 2014. ... In the wild, these red-furred apes are found only on the island of Sumatra in .... Union for Conservation of Nature, primarily due to habitat destruction.
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Long-Term Studies of the Chimpanzees of Gombe National Park ...  ndings on two topics for which long-term data have proven especially informa- ... upgraded to national park status in 1968 (Goodall 1986). .... She hired her rst research assistant in 1964, and in 1965, she ...... feeding habitat quality as the cumulative dietary proportion of the species predicted to occur in a given location.
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Zombies vs. animals? The living dead wouldn't stand a chance ...  Oct 14, 2013 ... California condors are endangered, so a zombie apocalypse could really give a boost to ... the heart out of a dead carcass, surrounding by ravens picking up scraps. ... We have two bear species, brown (or grizzly) and black bears. ... and are still sometimes found in the desert southwest of the United States.
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Presidential Pets - The White House  From George Washington's horse to Bill Clinton's dog and cat, these ... The result was a menagerie that included rabbits, turkeys, horses, and even two goats, Nanny and Nanko. In fact, Nanny and Nanko even rode with President Lincoln in the ... Among them was a goat named His Whiskers, who frequently pulled the...
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If you love pandas, you have one amazing woman to thank | MNN ...  Jan 8, 2014 ... Explorer Ruth Harkness with Su-Lin, the first giant panda to arrive in the U.S. ... That changed in 1936, the year the first living giant panda arrived in the United States. Su-Lin, as the young animal was named, became a media celebrity, ... Harkness joined up with 22-year-old Chinese-American naturalist...
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Companions of the White House, the First Pets - Hankering for History  Jan 7, 2013 ... There were many odd pets in the early years of America's inception. ... Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, owned a pair of Grizzly Bear cubs. ... purchased these cubs as a birthday present for President Jefferson. ... No doubt the bears grew up to be ferocious and scary; however, they...
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jeopardy/2769_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  SCIENCE | The leatherback variety of this reptile is one of the few animals that primarily eat .... The Anne Frank House here in Amsterdam is open daily except for this holiday | Yom Kippur .... THAT '70s NEWS | Rhyming name of either of 2 1972 Chinese immigrants, one of them is shown here | Ling-Ling or Hsing-Hsing.
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Nene Goose - Hawaii's State Bird Struggling Against Extinction ...  During the 1940s, this beautiful species was almost wiped out by laws which ... and feral dogs and cats which relentlessly prey upon the Nene's eggs and young.
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Ruth Harkness and Su Lin: The first panda to leave China - BBC News  Dec 2, 2013 ... The US's love affair with pandas began nearly 80 years ago, with the first one ... Ruth Harkness and Su Lin: The first panda to leave China ... Can you name these unlikely friends? ... But after his death in 1936, the 35-year-old New York dress designer ... Harkness was determined to bring one back alive.