Female manatee Daphne was released into her native Florida waters earlier this week. After being rescued by SeaWorld Orlando as an orphan in 2018 and spending a year rehabilitating at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, another U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Manatee Rescue & Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP) participant is back in the habitat where she was born.
Where Do The Sharks at Georgia Aquarium Come From?
Animals don’t just appear at the Aquarium. We take great care and consideration when creating new exhibits and introducing new animals to the Aquarium. Find out where some of the sharks in our new gallery, Sharks! Predators of the Deep came from along with some help from our partners and other facilities.
On a roll…
Playful gorilla toddler Gernot shows off a perfect roly poly at ZSL London Zoo! Zookeepers have captured the adorable moment five-year-old gorilla Gernot showed off the perfect roly poly this week – after playfully practicing the move all summer. Footage taken by zookeepers shows the youngster preparing himself on a tree stump before pirouetting backwards and cartwheeling into a perfectly executed forward roll – making it a quadruple for good measure – while visitors gasp in appreciation.