Denver Zoo Collecting Asian Elephant Sperm to Repopulate Endangered Species
"There are a lot of genetics being lost every time a male elephant passes away and hasn't had him samples taken from him."
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"There are a lot of genetics being lost every time a male elephant passes away and hasn't had him samples taken from him."
New research shows that Asian mourning elephant mothers, similar to their African counterparts, mourn their deceased by carrying the dead calf in their trunks for days or sometimes weeks.
Asian elephants, like their African cousins, seem to mourn their dead, sometimes carrying their lost infants for days or weeks.
Samples from various animals at the zoo were tested after several lions fell ill. The two infected hyenas are believed to be the first in the world to contract COVID-19.
There appears to be a COVID-19 outbreak at zoos in Colorado and Utah.