#Cleveland Metroparks zoo

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Keeping an eye on her cub by Linda Via Flickr: Ruth, taking a break but always keeping a sharp eye on her three-month-old son.

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9th September 2024

Asian Lantern Festival at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

📸: Fujifilm X-T30ii

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3rd September 2024

Little Red Hood out on an adventure at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

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Went to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo with my sister since it's free for Cuyahoga residents and all on Mondays. Saw sooo many good animals but this guy!!!

This red panda is a fucking mood.

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Me talking to the mental projections of Mogo Zoo and Zookeeper Chad in my head as I watch the latest video update on Jameela's hand-rearing/surrogacy journey like "wasn't that moment cute where the zookeeper in the GORILLA VEST handed Jameela over to the other zookeeper in the GORILLA VEST"

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thinking abt him....

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Very, very fresh bison calf.

Months and months ago I promised y'all photos of the bison birth I was lucky enough to observe at the Cleveland Zoo last spring. As requested, they'll be under a cut, because unlike this lovely photo from the zoo announcement post, my photos are... goopy.

His name is Tighee, a name which the zoo said is "the name of a Shoshone chief."

We walked up just as things started to get going, and the story is below the cut...

This is Blue, a female bison who arrived at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in fall of 2022 already pregnant. When we got to the habitat, there were a ton of people gathered around, and it wasn't quite clear what was going on.

Then we noticed her full udder and the extra pair of feet.

She was dead-center in the (pretty large) habitat, which was nice - though there was a crowd, she had some good distance from everyone for most of it. The calf came pretty quickly, all things considered (something especially helpful when you're holding a heavy camera up on full manual zoom without a tripod). Because she was at a distance, my friend and I spent a bunch of time showing people near us photos on my camera screen so they could get a good view.

I was honestly really surprised at the number of people who asked why the zoo staff weren't in there with her, helping her give birth. So we explained to folk that zoo staff don't normally go in with bison on a normal day because they're so big and dangerous, and that during a birth (a time of potential stress for the whole herd, the rest of whom were off to the side of that habitat) it would be especially risky to do so. But you could see people in the zoo's uniform colors clustered around the fence, keeping a close eye on her.

And then there was a calf! For folk who haven't seen what a whole amniotic sac looks like, I'm including the next couple photos.

This one is still mid-birth, as you can see. The hooves come out first, with the calf's head laying parallel to them.

Blue immediately moves to break the amniotic sac and clear the calf's airways of mucus. Om nom nom.

We have open eyes and an awake baby! The amniotic sac is full of fluid that helps protect the baby while it's in the uterus, which means once it's broken, the baby is goopy. One of mom's first jobs is to lick all of it away to dry the calf off.

A first attempt at using legs!

Nope, being born was too hard and legs don't work yet. Time to rest and recover from the effort of thinking about standing up.

The first inquisitive member of the herd, another young female, comes to check out the newest addition.

More attempts at legs! Getting better but still not coordinated enough yet.

They're starting to help the baby stand up. In a non-captive setting it would be important for him to be able to walk pretty quickly after being born, and he has to stand up to be able to nurse!

Everyone comes to check him out, now.

We have legs! They work! He hadn't quite figured out where to nurse from yet, though.

And that's your bison birth for the day!

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Sony A6600 with Tamron 150-500 f/5-6.7 - Red panda at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. August 2023.

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A #RedPanda at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

📆 February 4, 2024 📷 "Cleveland Metroparks Zoo" https://flic.kr/p/2pxrFEq by Erik Drost on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/edrost88/ - CC BY 2.0 DEED https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

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Kayembe, First Ever Gorilla Born at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

⚘️🌼 CHARMANT

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Howard C. Gates Home (Koinonia Community Holding)

4248 W. 35th St.

Cleveland, OH

Jeremiah Gates was the patriarch of the Brooklyn Township Gates family and built mills all over the area. Jeremiah’s son Charles’ home has been demolished but his grandson Howard‘s home at 4248 W. 35th St. is still standing. Charles and Mary Gates’ son, Howard, was also a miller. In 1893 he established a mill and a grain elevator in the Big Creek Valley (next to the railroad tracks near today’s Cleveland MetroParks Zoo). When it had to close due to construction of a new Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge, Howard built a mill and elevator on Broadview Rd. Howard also built a grand home at 4248 W. 35th St., next door to Jeremiah’s. It is still standing, owned today by Koinonia Community Holding, LLC, and used as a group home for individuals with physical and/or mental challenges.

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30 AUG 2024

Asian Latern Festival in Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. I've heard of it but never been. It was primarily a combination of Chinese, Japanese and Korean influence. I saw a group of Chinese gymnasts perform several things. It was an incredible time with friends and her.

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Asian Lantern Festival, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, Ohio

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Wonderful news from Cleveland Metroparks Zoo! It's looking optimistic that this is it, that Jameela has found her family!

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Whats better than the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo welcoming a new baby gorilla and baby orangutan in 2021? The zoo expanding their enclosures!

A 140,000 square foot expansion is planned for the orangutan and gorilla enclosures, featuring approximately 1,000 species of plants to mimic natural rainforest habitats. But the design plan is actually meant to benefit a third primate species: human visitors will get to experience these marvelous additions as part of an immersive and educational experience for zoogoers. Exciting stuff!