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Born earlier this year, Cedora, a 2-month-old female giraffe calf, just made her debut on the park’s 65-acre, multi-species habitat. (Busch Gardens)
TAMPA, FL Guests at Busch Gardens Tampa can now spot a new face on the park s Serengeti plain.
Born earlier this year, Cedora, a 2-month-old female giraffe calf, just made her debut on the park s 65-acre, multi-species habitat.
After spending some quality time bonding behind the scenes with her mother, Celina, Cedora is becoming familiar with the rest of Busch Gardens giraffe herd, including Beacon, a male giraffe calf born last summer.
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As guests visit the park this spring break season, they can get a look at the giraffes on board the Serengeti Express train or by booking a Serengeti Safari, which includes the opportunity to hand-feed one of the animals.
Adara, a female dama gazelle, died Monday, Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced on Friday.
Adara, known as the “boss lady” of the zoo’s dama gazelle herd, was 14 six years older than the median life expectancy of her critically endangered species in human care. She had developed arthritis in her leg and was showing signs that were “consistent with an aggressive tumor” in a recent radiograph. Adara eventually refused to take pain medication and was found lame on Monday, leading to the decision by the zoo’s animal care staff to euthanize her.
Adara will be remembered for her habit of getting hay stuck on her horns, a condition the staff referred to as her “hay hats.” She was a mother of four and grandmother, and “seemed to enjoy sparring with calves,” a zoo release says. She arrived at the zoo in 2008 from Zoo Miami as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan.