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  1. Otter Lord

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    Best trade before the trade deadline ever. :D
     
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    I'm about 2 days late, but I just thought I'd mention I got a good laugh out of that one. :D
     
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    According to the zoo's facebook page the male Giant Anteater is now on exhibit in the round house with the Spider Monkeys.
     
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    That's not a big space is it? Where was it previously? I thought there was a giant anteater exhibit by the Maned Wolves, but I could very well be misremembering.
     
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    It's not that big of a space, and there was not a giant anteater on display in the zoo yet when you visited. You may be thinking of the auxiliary giant otter exhibit next to the maned wolf?
     
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    Ah, that's right. Thanks for that. So this is a new species for the zoo then?
     
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    Blackduiker told me that they had them many years ago, but it is the first time that giant anteater has been at the LA Zoo for decades.
     
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    The zoo has announced the birth of two Babirusas and a male Japanese Serow on their Facebook page.
     
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    Yes believe we heard that somewhere !

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    The July 2014 Commission Minutes have been released.

    Highlights include:

    LA has sent a Komodo Dragon to the Singapore Zoo in exchange for False Gharials. No mention of just how many gharials LA will receive.

    Jaguar exhibit construction is 10% complete, completion is still set for December 2014.

    LA City Councilmember LaBonge signed a cooperative agreement for Animal and Keeper exchanges with the Berlin Zoo.

    http://www.lazoo.org/wp-new/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/July2014CommissionMeetingMinutes.pdf
     
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    Recently announced was the first birth in the Rainforest of the Americas; a baby black howler monkey. No word on the sex yet but there should be more news coming shortly. Possibly one of our fellow ZooChatters can share more info with us? I hope to visit soon, health permitting.
     
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    Great news to hear. The zoo posted about it on Facebook on October 5th, so it must have been born in late September or early October. Also, hope your health gets better BlackDuiker.
     
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    Thank you for the concern. The problem I've been dealing with for years are 3 bulging disks. On next Friday I'll be receiving a lumbar epidural. But on to better news. On this past Monday I visited my beloved Los Angeles Zoo after a doctor's appointment. My first visit since July. And maybe 30 minutes after my arrival, who do I run into? None other than my good friend David Brown! We then proceeded to walk the grounds together for about the next 2 hours, discussing the future of our zoo, especially while surveying the future Jaguar habitat construction site. We were impressed by the size and it's potential, after which David had to leave to pick up his wife from work. It was a great unexpected zoo hookup! I continued on for another 30 minutes or so.

    Here are a couple of recent photos of the new baby howler monkey, courtesy of the LA Zoo's Facebook page:

    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154774939135273&id=242124560272
     
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    The zoo has two baby chimps. Johari was born Oct 27th and is being raised by her mom. Oliver was born Aug 23th to mom Julie but was unable to nurse so he is being hand reared while Julie trains to take over care.

    Los Angeles Zoo welcomes 2 baby chimpanzees | abc7.com
     
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    The October 2014 Zoo Commission Minutes have been released.

    Highlights include:

    The arrival of a new male Sumatran Tiger to continue the zoos breeding program

    The Jaguar Exhibit is 40% complete and on track for December completion and a
    January 2015 opening

    New mesh to be installed for both the orangutan and chimpanzee exhibits by January 2015

    The arrival of mandrills

    The birth of a sifaka

    Gorilla Bachelors exhibit resident, Jabari, broke his leg and is healing in the Health Center
     
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    It might be related to the Vicunas that LA Zoo is importing from Tierpark Berlin, or maybe something else.