Rossifari Zoo News 6.28.24 - The Leapin' Leeches Edition!

Dateline: June 28, 2024. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!   We start off with a cute Miles story, then get into a look at auditory enrichment for animals, featuring an incredible hyacinth macaw at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park!   We then get into our births and deaths for the week including so many new birds  hatching, twin red panda cubs at the Detroit Zoo, a birth and death at the Nashville Zoo, and so much more!   We then move on to our other Zoo News stories.  We talk about giant pandas leaving China for San Diego very soon, the new name of the Denver Zoo, a crazy injury to a guest at a zoo in France, the St. Louis Zoo getting a species that is exclusive to them in North America, some amazing zoos collaborating to save individual animals, including a cheetah collab between Wildlife Safari and the Cincinnati Zoo and how the Georgia Aquarium and SeaWorld helped rescue  beluga whales that were in the war zone in Ukraine, and so much more!  In Conservation News, we talk about an unlike pair of BFFs, why some whales are shrinking, great news for Iberian Lynxes, and more.  In Other News, we talk about leeches and the fact that African elephants seem to have names for each other. ROSSIFARI LINKS:  www.rossifari.com  patreon.com/rossifari  @rossifari on socials  @rossifaripod on TikTok