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April 28, 2022

Like Father, Like Son: A Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra Update

Young animals learn what it means to be an animal—what to eat, how to behave and more—from their parents. For Yipes, our 1-year-old male Hartmann’s mountain zebra, those lessons most recently came from his father, 7-year-old Rogan.

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