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Caring for baby animals at zoos and aquariums
Staff members talk about the joys and challenges of rearing young otters, orangutans, tadpoles and more.
Baby orangutan Weila Utah's Hogle Zoo At the risk of a scalding-hot take: Baby animals are cute. People love to see them when they’re born at zoos and aquariums, and those facilities know that little critters are a draw for patrons. But for those who have the job of caring for them, it’s complicated work—in some ways similar to the job of parenting, in some ways very different.
One way that animal care teams note that the responsibility is similar to that of a parent is in “baby-proofing” enclosures when young animals are going to be introduced.
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