The stork has brought another healthy baby white rhino to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The park welcomed the female calf to the family last week on Sunday, Jan. 17. Kendi, an 11-year-old white rhino, gave birth to her third baby after the 16-month gestation period. The… Read More »Animal Kingdom Welcomes Endangered White Rhino to Growing Herd
Continuing it’s world leading program of conservation and animal breeding, Disney’s Animal Kingdom recently welcomed its 28th gerenuk calf weighing in at eight pounds and approximately 1 ¾ feet tall, after a seven-month gestation. The female calf, named Squirt, was born November 25 to her… Read More »Disney’s Animal Kingdom Welcomes Gerenuk Calf to Herd
Update: The baby now has a name – Obama. You remember those two white rhinos sent to Uganda from Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Well now the first white rhino born in 27 years has come from one of those animals. Congratulations to Disney’s Animal Program and… Read More »Cute Alert: Baby White Rhino with Disney Roots
Walt Disney World Resort recently welcomed a black and white colobus monkey – the first of its species born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The infant arrived February 17 after a six-month gestation and may be seen along the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail with a group… Read More »The Cute File: Disney’s Animal Kingdom welcomes baby Colobus Monkey
Disney’s Animal Programs team helps take final measurements and readings as they prepare to release a manatee into his natural habitat at Blue Springs State Park in Orange City, FL. A manatee, named “Bock,” was released Tuesday February 24th 2009 into the warm waters of… Read More »Manatee’s Rehabilitation at Epcot Over, Released back into wild
Even with ears that rival Dumbo’s aviation assisting devices, the latest animal baby to be welcomed by Disney’s Animal Kingdom is darn cute. Presley, the 28th gerenuk calf to be born at DAK, weighed in at six pounds and approximately two feet tall, after a… Read More »Disney’s Animal Kingdom welcomes new Antelope Calf, so cute!
Everybody’s wondering what is in the giraffe’s drinking water at Disney’s Animal Kingdom? Walt Disney World Resort is having a bit of a baby boom this year with the birth of a fourth baby giraffe. Entering the world at 6-feet tall and 155 pounds, Bonsu… Read More »Welcome Bonsu! Disney’s Animal Kingdom Fourth Baby Giraffe This Year
Over on this Ask.Mefi thread I was giving advice on how to do Disney’s Animal Kingdom in a day if you’re a first time visitor. Which got me thinking, I certainly have my habits, likes, and dislikes. Perhaps I’m in a bit of a rut… Read More »Disney’s Animal Kingdom in a day