Celebrate Cincinnati Zoo’s New Arrivals in May
Visit Fiona and Winsol, the aadorable aardvark, during Zoo Babies
CINCINNATI (May 1, 2018) – Get ready to say “aww” during Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s 33rd annual Zoo Babies celebration, presented by First Financial Bank. Throughout May, six-foot-tall stork signs will mark the spots where babies, including baby hippo Fiona, can be found at the Zoo.
Video of baby colobus monkey | photos of the babies
“Baby animals are great ambassadors for their species,” said Thane Maynard, Cincinnati Zoo Director. “Fiona has inspired people all over the globe to care about hippos and their native habitat in Africa. Many critically endangered species share that habitat, so increased awareness about the importance of protecting their home helps them all.”
Some of the Zoo Babies that visitors will see this May, including Kendi the eastern black rhino, and Elle the western lowland gorilla, represent species that are critically endangered. Baby manatees, Matthew, Miles, Pippen, and Daphne, are at the Cincinnati Zoo to be rehabilitated until they can be returned to Florida to be released. Click here for a complete list of Zoo Babies.
Bring the special women in your life to see the babies on Mother’s Day! Moms get free admission on Sunday, May 13, courtesy of TriHealth.
Zoo Babies, presented by First Financial Bank, starts today and runs through May 31! The event is FREE with regular Zoo admission. The Zoo opens daily at 10 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. Cincinnati Zoo members enjoy early entry at 9 a.m. For more information visit www.cincinnatizoo.org.
Scroll through to take a look at your favorite 2018 Zoo Babies!
Hippopotamus, born six weeks premature on 1/24/2017
Yellow-backed duiker, born 2/19/2017
Flamingo, hatched 5/19/2017 (and the first flamingo to hatch on Facebook live!)
Black Rhino, born 7/17/2017.
Colobus monkey, born 7/28/2017
Colobus monkey, born 2/6/2018
Western lowland gorilla, born 8/25/15
Ring-tailed lemur, born 7/28/2017
Ring-tailed lemur, born 7/31/2017
Ring-tailed lemur, born 7/31/2017
Aardvark, born 12/21/2017
Miles (Male) was rescued from the Sykes Creek on Merritt Island on 8/17/2016 and weighed only 43 pounds. After receiving critical care at Sea World Orlando, his weight is now over 320 pounds. (Three orphaned manatees in need of rehabilitation, Pippen, Miles, and Matthew, were brought back to Cincinnati as part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP), a program designed to rescue and treat sick, injured and orphaned manatees and then release them back into the wild.)
Matthew (Male) was rescued from New Smyrna on 10/9/2016, right after Hurricane Matthew. He weighed 56 pounds and is now over 340 pounds. (Three orphaned manatees in need of rehabilitation, Pippen, Miles, and Matthew, were brought back to Cincinnati as part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP), a program designed to rescue and treat sick, injured and orphaned manatees and then release them back into the wild.)
Pippen (Male) was rescued from the Halifax River on 7/20/2016 weighing only 58 pounds. After receiving critical care at Sea World Orlando, his weight is now over 225 pounds. (He is the smallest manatee ever to live at Cincinnati Zoo’s Manatee Springs. Three orphaned manatees in need of rehabilitation, Pippen, Miles, and Matthew, were brought back to Cincinnati as part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP), a program designed to rescue and treat sick, injured and orphaned manatees and then release them back into the wild.)