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Happy Birthday Dumadi!
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Dumadi walks with his surrogate mother
Madu at Zoo Atlanta. Dumadi will celebrate his first birthday on October
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Dumadi the orangutan will celebrate his first birthday on
October 22 – and even though he’s far away in Atlanta, zoo
keepers here in Fort Wayne will spend the day thinking of this
very special little ape.
Dumadi’s mother Sayang died just an hour after Dumadi was born in
Fort Wayne. Zoo keepers raised him for eight months until he was matched
with a surrogate orangutan mother, named Madu, at Zoo Atlanta in June.
Keepers in Atlanta regularly send photos and update the Fort Wayne staff
on Dumadi’s progress.
“We’re amazed to see how much he’s grown,” says Fort Wayne keeper
Angie Baldwin of the photos. “He’s doing great in Atlanta.”
According to Laura Mayo, Assistant Curator of Primates at Zoo
Atlanta, Dumadi “plays non-stop” with Bernas, a 5-year-old male
orangutan. When the two youngsters are separated for any reason, she
says, “they squeak in anticipation of being with each other.” All that
playing makes Dumadi so tired that he has a hard time waking up in the
morning when keepers arrive at 7:00 a.m.!
From all your friends in Fort Wayne: Happy First Birthday, Dumadi!
Pumpkin-mania!
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Hundreds of volunteers help paint,
scoop, and carve pumpkins for the Great Zoo Halloween. |
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If you have never seen the zoo during the Great Zoo
Halloween, make sure you plan a visit! We’ve got pumpkins,
pumpkins, and more pumpkins – 37,000 pounds in all! Community
volunteers painted more than 700 pumpkins in a single day, and
carved more than 500 jack-o-lanterns to prepare for the event.
More than 100 volunteers help run the Great Zoo Halloween every
night.
Thanks to our sponsors for their support of the Great Zoo
Halloween: Bob Evans; Centennial Wireless; Courtyard by
Marriott; Dairy Queen; Ellison Bakery; Glenbrook Square; Gordon Food Service;
Hershey's; Kraft Foods; M&M Mars; National City Bank; Physician's Health
Plan; Roller Dome; Touchstone Energy Cooperatives - Your
Northeast Indiana REMCs; Universal Windows Direct; Wal-Mart.
Great Zoo Halloween
October 19-31
6:00-8:30 p.m. Weeknights
5:00-8:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays
$4 Adults
$6 Children (or anyone collecting treats)
Attention Zoo Members:
Admission to the Great Zoo Halloween is not covered by your Zoo
Membership unless you joined at the Zoo Booster, Safari Club, Director’s
Circle, or King of the Jungle level. If you have questions or would like
to upgrade your membership, please e-mail
membership@kidszoo.org or
call 260-427-6827 during regular business hours.
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