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Atishwin
Attentive
might be a bit of an understatement when describing Atishwin,
the California condor's first experience parenting last year
at the Oregon Zoo's Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation.
The
chick was the first that Atishwin and his mate, Ojai, produced
together, and -- though Ojai has produced and raised several
chicks in the past -- it was Atishwin's first chick ever.
Both
parents stayed very close to the young condor during its
first days. Female and male condors take turns feeding and
warming their offspring -- but even during their "off
time," Atishwin and Ojai have preferred lying next to
each other to taking a break outside the nest cave.
And
Atishwin even took it a step further. At one point, he let
Ojai scoot the chick under her for brooding, but then apparently
felt a little left out -- so he went and retrieved the chick's
empty eggshell and settled on that so he could have something
to brood as well.
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Kiku
Kiku, a
colobus monkey, was born Jan. 27, 1991 in Little Rock Arkansas. He
lived at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago from July 1992 before arriving
at Oregon Zoo Oct. 10, 2002. Kiku and his mate Mali produced Oscar
on July 15, 2004. Since Mali was slow to figure out motherhood, Kiku
initially carried Oscar. Once Mali learned what to do, the family group has
been together. Kiku and Mali have since produced two other offspring,
three-year-old Maliki and one-year-old Delu.
Colobus
monkeys are a threatened species in their native region
of eastern Africa due to habitat encroachment by humans
and a loss of habitat when forests are cut down. There
are four different species of black and white colobus monkey;
the Oregon Zoo houses the guereza (Colobus
guereza), which has a pouched stomach adapted to leaf digestion.
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Packy
April
14, 1962 was the beginning of an Oregon Zoo elephant dynasty,
as Packy became the first Asian elephant born in the Western
hemisphere in 44 years, In the last four decades, there have
been 27 baby elephants born at the zoo, seven sired by the
Packy.
He
is the only second-generation captive bull elephant in the
world to become a successful father. Two of his offspring,
Rama and Sung-Surin, are presently residing with him at the
zoo.
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