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WHAT’S HAPPENING, CINCINNATI? LOCAL ANIMAL GOOD NEWS
There have been some extra adorable animal feel-good stories happening lately, and we couldn’t let them pass by without sharing them with you! From a bag containing a mother cat and her kittens to a wallaby’s miraculous pregnancy, here’s our Mother’s Day special edition of local animal news. THE CINCINNATI ZOO’S ‘MIRACLE OF SCIENCE’ Ava the wallaby arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo in the spring of 2020 — Ava was already pregnant upon arrival, and gave birth to her son, little Pocket, last May. Yet, despite having no viable breeding mates, Ava is pregnant once again. How is that possible? “It’s actually something really cool
called embryonic diapause,” Myra Bhatnagar, a wallaby volunteer, told ABC News.
ALMOST A CAT-ASTROPHE! This isn’t technically in Cincinnati, but it’s still in Ohio and irresistibly adorable! After the police in New Miami received a suspicious package call at an Ohio church, they made an unexpected discovery: six newborn kittens and their mother inside a duffel bag. The bomb squad used X-ray equipment to detect purring instead of ticking. The duffel bag came with a note: “Mom’s name is Sprinkles. She began giving birth at 2 p.m.” According to the sheriff office’s Facebook page, the mother and kittens “are doing well and are warm, cozy, and fed” at a local humane society.
Wallaby babies are technically born underdeveloped after one month — then, they crawl into their mother’s pouch to nurse and develop over several months. While it’s exceedingly rare, sometimes, multiple embryos can be fertilized, and Ava’s second embryo decided to wait its turn behind Pocket. “She had that embryo in her uterus, but it was just hanging out waiting for Pocket to be born so that she could have that next embryo develop,” says Bhatnager. This is why some wallabies can be perpetually pregnant. The birth occurred on December 23, and volunteers called it their own little Christmas miracle.
That’s it for our cute animal news this month. See ya next time!
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