Disney’s Animal Kingdom Is Celebrating the Birth Of a Baby Zebra
We’ve got a new animal baby on this Monday evening! Guest on the Kilimanjaro Safaris got to see the miracle of birth, in this case, of a Hartmann’s mountain zebra foal. This baby boy was born on the savanna this morning and already weighs an estimated 65 pounds!
As you can see form these images the baby boy is already standing on his feet and snuggling with his mom.
This little fella is the son of mom Heidi who is sticking close to baby so that they can bond and he can nurse. Bonding at this early stage is super important. Did you know a baby zebra will imprint on it’s mother’s scent and memorize her markings on her hind legs in order to tell her apart from others in the herd?
Over the course of the next few weeks he’ll also get a chance to meet his big sister Asha and the rest of the herd on the savanna.
This foal wasborn as part of the Species Survival Plan program which is overseen by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and makes sure that breeding is done responsibly.
This is the first zebra birth at Walt Disney World this year. Disney’s Animal Kingdom is actually home to three different types of zebras. Hartmann’s mountain zebra, Grevy’s zebra and plains zebra. Though they may all look similar to you, there are actually distinct stripe patters that distinguish each type.
Did you know that Hartmann’s mountain and Grevy’s zebras both have stripes that stop right at the edges of their bellies!? This identifies them from common zebras which have stripes that go around the whole body. You can also tell a Grevy’s zebra from a Hartmann’s mountain zebra because Grevy’s zebras have larger ears!
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