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This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows Jamie, a young female maned wolf, exploring her new home at the San Diego Zoo on Friday Nov. 4, 2011 in San Diego. This species has not been seen at the zoo for more than 30 years. Although not considered threatened, this South American...

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This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows Makini, an okapi, licking her newborn calf in the Safari Park section of the San Diego Zoo Friday Oct. 7, 2011 in San Diego. Makini gave birth on Sept. 4, 2011, to the 37th okapi born at the zoo and the first female born in 11 years. Okapis...

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This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows an affectionate lowland paca named Poco at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 in San Diego. This is the first time a paca has been hand raised at the San Diego Zoo or the Safari Park. The rodent was born on Sept. 7, 2011.

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A panda eats a snack of bamboo at the San Diego Zoo, California September 23, 2011.

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JULY 30: San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research scientist Dr. Mike Wallace speaks during the 'Nature 30th anniversary season: Jungle Eagle' panel during the PBS portion of the 2011 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 30, 2011 in Beverly...

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JULY 30: San Diego Zoo trainer Cari Clements with Toruk the Harpy Eagle speaks during the 'Nature 30th anniversary season: Jungle Eagle' panel during the PBS portion of the 2011 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 30, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California...

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This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows a one-week-old Sichuan takin, who is shown mimicking her mother by chewing acacia July 10, 2011 in San Diego. The calf was born on July 5, and named Duli, which means "independence" in Mandarin, because she was born so close to the Fourth...

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This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows a Somali wild ass and her foal running through their exhibit on Tuesday July 12, 2011 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The foal is one of three born to this endangered species at the park in July 2011, which brings the size of the herd to...

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This June 26, 2011 image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows Dot Marie Jones, who stars as coach Beiste on FOX's "Glee," posing with Soman, a rhino at the zoo.

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In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo, Guapo, a 5-year-old male jaguar, leaps across a pond as a 3-year-old female, Nindiri, looks on from their habitat at the San Diego Zoo, Thursday, May 26, 2011, in San Diego. Jaguars are solitary animals but this pair was placed together for...

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A parma wallaby named Trinka in the nursery at the San Diego Zoo is bottle fed by senior keeper Janet Hawes in this publicity photograph taken and released on October 3, 2011. This is one of four feedings the baby, called a joey, receives each day. The joey has been cared for by keepers...

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This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows a pair of 2-week-old Malayan tiger cubs at the San Diego Zoo. The unnamed male cubs can see only shadows right now. The 7.7-pound cubs scoot around the tiger's den only far enough to reach their favorite corner and are completely dependent...

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A koala takes an afternoon nap in a tree at the San Diego Zoo, California September 23, 2011.

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A California ground squirrel is released after being checked by scientists in a conservation program designed to aid burrowing owls in San Diego County in this August 23, 2011 San Diego Zoo publicity handout photo. According to the zoo's press release, the squirrels are grassland...

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This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows a Queensland koala named Yabber Thursday Feb. 17, 2011 in San Diego. Yabber, who has a 7-month-old joey in her pouch, will choose a name for her offspring by climbing one of three trees decorated with one of three names. Guests at the...

AP Photo 12 months ago

In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo, a Queensland koala named Yabber crawls to her lunch with her 7-month-old joey, or baby, in her pouch at the zoo Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011.

Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

Tatqiq the polar bear rubs her back on one of the slippery mounds of snow while her brother Kalluk starts to dig a hole in their exhibit, which was covered in 18 tons of snow, in the San Diego Zoo, California July 13, 2011. More than 90 donors, who contributed a total of $5,100 to the...

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Seven-year-old lions Izu and Mina explore the renovated Lion Camp exhibit at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in San Diego, California July 1, 2011. The exhibit, which has been closed since March, now features a grassy area for lounging, majool palms and fever trees that offer shade and...

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Funani, a 26-year old hippopotamus and her calf, 6-month old, Adhama, swim at the San Diego Zoo June 21, 2011 in this publicity photograph released to Reuters. The young hippo has been showing more independence and has been seen swimming farther away from his mom in recent days.

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Kokamo, a 22-year old western gorilla, holds her 4-day old new born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in San Diego, Calif. , Monday, June 20, 2011. The baby gorilla born at 9 p.m. on Friday, June 17, 2011, is the first gorilla born at the Safari Park since October 2000. San Diego Zoo...

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Guapo, a 5-year-old male jaguar, leaps across the pond in his habitat at the San Diego Zoo in this May 26, 2011 publicity photograph released to Reuters on May 26, 2011. Shown close behind is a 3-year-old female, Nindiri, who has been known to follow Guapo around wherever he goes in the...