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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ธ.ค. 2022
- Sound up for some chirp-tastic cheetah content!
Omaha, Neb. (Dec. 6, 2022) - Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium proudly announces the birth of four Cheetah cubs on November 4. 2022. The four cubs were born to mother Clio and father Refu at the Lee G. Simmons Wildlife Safari Park.
“These cubs are a great example of the collaboration benefits among zoos,” said Dr. Jason Herrick, Vice President of Conservation and Animal Health for Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium. “Not long ago, cheetahs were considered one of the more difficult species to breed in zoos. Over the last couple of decades, the members of the National Cheetah Breeding Center Coalition, including our Wildlife Safari Park, have worked together to really figure out how to breed cheetahs.”
Members of the community may not realize that there is about four-acre cheetah breeding facility off-display at the Lee G. Simmons Wildlife Safari Park that allows space for cheetahs to roam, gives them more privacy and more closely resembles their natural habitat. Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is one of nine Association of Zoos and Aquariums-accredited institutions that participate in the National Cheetah Breeding Center Coalition.
“In addition to the spacious, off-exhibit facilities and dedicated care staff, the key ingredient seems to be choice,” said Dr. Herrick. “For most species, we set-up one male and one female on a high stakes blind date and hope for the best. With cheetahs, the large facilities permit us to maintain multiple males and females, which allows them to pick their mate among several eligible bachelors or bachelorettes.” Dr. Herrick continued, “The result has been 29 cubs born at our Wildlife Safari Park since 2014 and a very healthy population of cheetahs in U.S. zoos.”
Clio came to Omaha in April 2022 from White Oak Conservation Center in Yulee, Florida and is 5 years old. Refu came from Maryland Zoo in Baltimore in March 2019 and is 8 years old. This is the second set of four cubs that Refu has sired. The first-time mother is attentive and the cubs are nursing. The mother and cubs have been left predominately undisturbed to facilitate the bonding process. It is anticipated that the cubs will have their first exam by the Zoo’s veterinary team on December 19.
Twenty cheetahs live at the Wildlife Safari Park, including 11 males, five females and the four cubs (unsexed).
Additionally, five females (four sisters and their mother) live in the Scott African Grasslands at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, while two males, who are part of the Zoo’s Interactive Animals Program, live offexhibit. Cheetahs are listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species and there are only 12,000 to 15,000 cheetahs remaining in the wild.
*GOD BLESS MAMA AND HER CUBS !!!*
I like the way she wrapped her tail around the nursing babies.
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Aww so beautiful babies 🥰🥰🥰🥰 Mommy is beautiful too and a very good mommy ❤😊
I love their little cheeps! They look healthy and happy. Great job, Mama!
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So beautiful❤❤
What a beautiful little family congratulations mama.💕🐾
Oh how adorable 🥰
Such a good mama
¡¡¡¡Son una monada de preciosura!!!!Dulcemente traviesos!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Good job Clio!
Momma has her paws full😂❤. They are adorable 🥰. Love how she is watching who ever is in there! Great momma instincts! Probably feed time or checking on them. They look so healthy. Great job everyone 👍🏻👏🏻❤️
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Mom worried about the person watching her. Wonderful mom and kids.
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Absolutely adorable Great job Mom and zoo staff Any time a zoo has new babies its wonderful 👍
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Eu fico sem palavras, é muita beleza.
Wonderful! Good Job!
You can already tell these babes are well loved. She's got her paws full raising them! 😻
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Look how mama watches the person filming.
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So adorable!! I want one!!!❤️😍🥰🤩🤗🤗
Гепард нервничает, потому, что заметила, что смотрят. Какие хорошенькие красавцы
Hurray, 4 new cheetah babies on this planet..! Mother cheetah clio is sooo beautiful and so are her cubs. Hope all of them stay healthy..!
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Ahhh it's so cute 😊
Que preciosidad ,😍😍😃😃
O.que coisa mais linda 😮😮os quiopardo😮😮a 😮
🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍..bebyy❤🥰🥰
何故かママさんチーターも可愛くなってるね
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NO ZZOO. NON È IL SUO AMBIENTE .
She was definitely unhappy with whoever was watching. More privacy?
Exactly what I was thinking. I feel so sorry for her. She’s got no privacy.
yes .
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
❤❤😂😂😂🥰🥰😘😘😺😺😺😺😺 beautiful ❤️
ニャンコ🐈ちゃんに近いチーターのチビ。
Absolutely gorgeous but I think Mom you was not happy with the camera person she was getting ready to bite your face off like getting insane leave me and my children in peace let us have some privacy
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤲🤲🤲🤲🤲🤲🤲🤲❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Need a bale of fresh hay or cut grass. Come on, now, for these beautiful Cheetah mom and her new cubs.
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賣耶資生
Birth as per deeds
You got too close.Too much unnecessary stress for the mom.
NO ZOO. NON VIVONO BENE.
Малышка мама, не бойся! Конечно, ты не на воле, но надеюсь, что тебе и щеночкам твоим не причинят зла. Любопытство, конечно, раздражает.
ซุมฮุขะรี้
Momma looked very uncomfortable being watch. Not good.🥺
That's not a happy animal
NO ZOO. GLI ANIMALI NON SONO FELICI.
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It was 60 seconds. Relax 🙄
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I hate them in zoos
I do too, but there is no way she could keep four alive in the wild, and they are so endangered now that all the offspring we can get are genetically valuable. So, I hate to see them in zoos, but I am glad that we can help protect their genetic legacy.
@@marcellaleung346 there are just some that will never get this, I would rather animals weren't killed and habitats destroyed to the extinction of wild animals but since man continues the only way to keep certain species alive is by having them in a zoo. Love when babies are born, gives me hope for their future.
NO ZOO. GLI ANIMALI DEVONO ESSERE LIBERI. NO ZOO.
Treat cheetahs better, cubs a mess. NEED MORE STRAW Henry
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Ciao piccoli dolcini pelosini!
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