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'This is a very special birth': Virginia Zoo welcomes 7 new cheetah cubs
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| Jan 27, 2019 04:36 PM EST Updated: Jan 27, 2019 04:36 PM EST
| WRIC
Posted on 01/28/2019 6:14:40 AM PST by COBOL2Java
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - The Metro Richmond Zoo recently welcomed seven new cheetah cubs. Vaila, a second-time mother, gave birth to septuplets on Nov. 30.
The zoo says all seven cubs are doing great and growing fast at their cheetah breeding facility. They plan on moving the cubs into the zoo sometime in March and will make an announcement when they can be seen on exhibit.
"This is a very special birth to us because not only is it a big boost for cheetah conservation by increasing the captive population, but also a cheetah having 7 cubs at once only happens 1 percent of the time!" the zoo said.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: kittyping; richmond
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To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:16:36 AM PST
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RandallFlagg
(Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
To: COBOL2Java
I’d hate to be the person who has to catch them.
To: RandallFlagg
Looks like #4 is giving #5 Bunny Ears... :-)
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:22:16 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:30:14 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
I’d hate to be the person who has to catch them.
Piece of cake.
Fire up an electric can opener.
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:39:18 AM PST
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RandallFlagg
(Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
To: COBOL2Java
SO CUTE! Thanks for sharing.
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posted on
01/28/2019 7:06:47 AM PST
by
NEMDF
To: COBOL2Java
Great story. I hope all the kittehs flourish.
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posted on
01/28/2019 7:22:32 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
("Past is prologue, context, and balm. Without it, all is panic." Charlie Cooke)
To: Tax-chick
I’m worried about them. Cheetahs never prosper.
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posted on
01/28/2019 7:24:11 AM PST
by
j.havenfarm
( 2,000 posts as of 1/16/19. A FReeper since 2000; never shutting up!)
To: j.havenfarm
LOL!
Too be overly literal, though, cheetahs are already a species with limited genetic diversity. Having seven future breeders with the same parents isn’t going to help with that.
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posted on
01/28/2019 7:27:09 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
("Past is prologue, context, and balm. Without it, all is panic." Charlie Cooke)
To: COBOL2Java
Every human birth in the state of New York used to be special too. Not no more. Would be great if we paid as much attention to human babies as we do to cuddly, cutey-poo critters.
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01/28/2019 7:40:48 AM PST
by
laweeks
To: COBOL2Java
To: COBOL2Java
All cute and cuddly until they grow up and eat you.
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posted on
01/28/2019 8:15:28 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.S)
To: COBOL2Java; Slings and Arrows
So. Much. CUTE!
:thud:
Kitty Ping.
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01/28/2019 8:27:23 AM PST
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Harmless Teddy Bear
(Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold.)
To: bgill
All cute and cuddly until they grow up and eat you. Cheetahs rarely harm humans. When it happens it is because the human is being more than usually stupid.
I don't think there has ever been a case of a cheetah killing and eating a human.
Leopards are a whole different ball game.
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posted on
01/28/2019 8:30:45 AM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold.)
To: COBOL2Java
Cubs? Really? They are kits. 4th grade educated journalist.
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01/28/2019 8:56:48 AM PST
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VTenigma
(The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
To: COBOL2Java
To: VTenigma
Cubs? Really? They are kits. 4th grade educated journalist. Maybe the journalist is from Chicago... :0)
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posted on
01/28/2019 9:25:59 AM PST
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COBOL2Java
(Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
To: Tax-chick
Democracy killed the cheetah.
Notice that Democratic big cities have NO ANIMALS.
The animals that Democrats do not kill off are caged for a life of extinction.
Democrats hate the environment. They cannot control it.
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01/28/2019 10:05:45 AM PST
by
TheNext
(Participation Award Winner = CoC)
To: COBOL2Java
I didn’t think of that,LOL
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01/28/2019 10:12:57 AM PST
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VTenigma
(The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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