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posted on Thursday, 02.02.12
Gorilla born at Florida Panhandle zoo
The Associated Press
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A zoo in the Florida Panhandle wants some helping naming a new gorilla.
The 5-pound male Western lowland gorilla was born Jan. 23 at the Gulf Breeze Zoo. The mother is a 25-year-old named Rwanda.
It's the first gorilla birth at the zoo in Gulf Breeze. Zoo director Kayte Wanko says the baby gorilla was delivered by a cesarean section.
Wanko says zoo staff members are caring for the baby gorilla for now because its mother could not produce milk and displayed behaviors that may be harmful to her offspring.
Wanko tells the Pensacola News Journal ( http://on.pnj.com/yahHeB) that names can be submitted by mail or in the gift shop through Feb. 29. After that, zoo staff will vote on a name and announce the winner by March 15.
The 5-pound male Western lowland gorilla was born Jan. 23 at the Gulf Breeze Zoo. The mother is a 25-year-old named Rwanda.
It's the first gorilla birth at the zoo in Gulf Breeze. Zoo director Kayte Wanko says the baby gorilla was delivered by a cesarean section.
Wanko says zoo staff members are caring for the baby gorilla for now because its mother could not produce milk and displayed behaviors that may be harmful to her offspring.
Wanko tells the Pensacola News Journal ( http://on.pnj.com/yahHeB) that names can be submitted by mail or in the gift shop through Feb. 29. After that, zoo staff will vote on a name and announce the winner by March 15.
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