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Field Notes
1:31 am
Fri May 10, 2013

Zoo's Barrows Lecture Series: Dr. Steven Amstrup

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By Thane Maynard

The final Barrows Conservation Lecture Series presentation at the Cincinnati Zoo takes place Wednesday, May 15 and features renowned polar bear expert Dr. Steven Amstrup. He has been studying polar bears for over 30 years and, as Thane Maynard discovers in this week’s Field Notes, his current work with Polar Bears International is showing some dangerous trends affecting their habitat and ability to feed and survive.

Cincinnati Zoo
3:48 pm
Wed May 1, 2013

Celebrate as My-Thai the elephant turns 40

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My-Thai enjoys her "cake"
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The "cake" was so heavy it was delivered by forklift.
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Former trainer Cecil Jackson Sr. returns to the zoo to celebrate My-Thai's 40th.
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This group of kids and parents sang "Happy Birthday" to My-Thai.
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My-Thai, the Cincinnati Zoo's 40-year-old Asian elephant, didn't waste any time knocking her "cake" over and breaking it up. It wasn't long before My-Thai started to devour the cake, brought in by a forklift, and made of frozen gelatin, Kool-aid and mountains of fresh produce and fruit.

Happy reunion

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Cincinnati Zoo
1:06 pm
Tue April 30, 2013

Gladys gets a peek at her new home

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Gladys explores her new home.
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Human surrogates provide care and feeding for the three-month-old Western Lowland gorilla.
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Gladys and her group of surrogates.
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Gladys and one of her surrogates.
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Gladys explores her new home while riding on the back of one of her surrogates.
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Just in time for "Zoo Babies" at the Cincinnati Zoo, the three-month-old Western Lowland gorilla named Gladys got to explore her new home for the first time in public Tuesday.

Kate Olukalns, Zoo Wild Encounters Coordinator, says over the course of the next few months, Gladys will be gradually introduced to the other gorillas, including several potential mother surrogates.

Currently, Gladys is being handled by a team of keepers who bottle-feed her and interact with her while wearing fur suits to encourage the idea of bonding with other gorillas.

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Field Notes
1:31 am
Fri April 26, 2013

Zoo's Barrows Lecture Series: Dr. Olivia Judson

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By Thane Maynard

The next guest in the Cincinnati Zoo’s Barrows Conservation Lecture Series is acclaimed evolutionary biologist and writer, Dr. Olivia Judson. Her acclaimed book, Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation has been translated into 15 different languages, became a TV special in England and Canada, and was described by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins as a "winningly sophisticated zoological comedy." She joins Thane Maynard on this phone to talk about her work, her writings and her May 1 visit to the Zoo on this week’s Field Notes.

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