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Meet the baby koala hiding in its mom’s pouch at a Florida zoo’s new Outback habitat
The joey is the zoo’s first koala birth as officials say the renovated habitat will support conservation and natural behaviors.
- On Saturday, the Palm Beach Zoo in West Palm Beach, Florida, opens a renovated habitat for koalas, celebrating the facility's first successful birth of a joey.
- The joey, born to Ellin and Sydney last fall, supports the zoo's effort to bolster genetic diversity within the koala population in the United States.
- Renovations include solar tubes, greenery, and new perching designed to support the koalas' 'slow' lifestyle, allowing them to express natural behaviors, zoo officials said.
- Margo McKnight, the zoo's CEO and president, called the habitat 'a milestone,' noting the koalas are on loan from the Australian federal government for conservation practices.
- Staff continue to monitor Ellin's weight and provide extra food as the joey, recently visible in its mother's pouch, develops under careful observation.
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Meet the baby koala hiding in its mom’s pouch at a Florida zoo’s new Outback habitat
The Palm Beach Zoo in Florida has two reasons to celebrate. They have welcomed their first koala birth and are opening a newly renovated habitat for the cuddly creatures on Saturday.
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