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Naples Zoo celebrates birth of Eastern bongo calf

The Naples Zoo is celebrating the birth of an Eastern bongo calf. The female calf was born on Sunday to a 5-year-old bongo, Amara, according to a news release from the zoo. The calf is healthy and thriving, weighing 46 pounds, and stands approximately 2-feet tall. This is Amara’s third calf, but the first female, […]

GALLERY: Naples Zoo has biggest baby boom ever in 2019

The Naples Zoo is celebrating the recent birth of a critically endangered Eastern bongo calf—the final birth in their biggest baby boom EVER! Four-year-old bongo, Amara, gave birth to the male calf on Monday, Dec. 30 at 8:25 a.m. He weighs about 48 pounds and is approximately two feet tall. The year of 2019 brought […]