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  • Chelsea Williams, a zookeeper at the Oakland Zoo, visits with two of the zoo's giant tortoises, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 in Oakland, Calif. Williams, an Oakland native who attended UC-Santa Cruz, has been a keeper at the zoo for three years, caring for animals as varied as baboons, bats and river otters. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Chelsea Williams, a zookeeper at the Oakland Zoo, poses for a photograph with one of the zoo's giant tortoises, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 in Oakland, Calif. Williams, an Oakland native who attended UC-Santa Cruz, has been a keeper at the zoo for three years, caring for animals as varied as baboons, bats and river otters. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Chelsea Williams, right, a zookeeper at the Oakland Zoo, chats with zoo visitors Peggy Read of Los Banos, Calif., left, and Read's 13-year-old daughter Rachel, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 in Oakland, Calif. Rachel wanted to know how she could become a zookeeper, and if there were any programs offered by the zoo to that end. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Chelsea Williams, a zookeeper at the Oakland Zoo, cleans up after the goats, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 in Oakland, Calif. Williams, an Oakland native who attended UC-Santa Cruz, has been a keeper at the zoo for three years, caring for animals as varied as baboons, bats and river otters. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Chelsea Williams, a zookeeper at the Oakland Zoo, poses for a photograph, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 in Oakland, Calif. Williams, an Oakland native who attended UC-Santa Cruz, has been a keeper at the zoo for three years, caring for animals as varied as baboons, bats and river otters. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • A curious tiger at the Oakland Zoo sniffs a stack of post-Halloween treats in her enclosure: a large pumpkin, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 in Oakland, Calif. Many different area stores donate their surplus pumpkins to the zoo, who then pass them along to some of the animals, including baboons, sun bears, tigers and the elephants, who consider them a delicacy. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Osh, an 11,000-pound male African elephant, enjoys a post-Halloween treat: a large pumpkin, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. Many different area stores donate their surplus pumpkins to the zoo, who then pass them along to some of the animals, including baboons, sun bears, tigers and the elephants, who consider them a delicacy. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Donna the African elephant enjoys a post-Halloween treat: a large pumpkin, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. Many different area stores donate their surplus pumpkins to the zoo, who then pass them along to some of the animals, including baboons, sun bears, tigers and the elephants, who consider them a delicacy. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Donna the African elephant enjoys a post-Halloween treat: a large pumpkin, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. Many different area stores donate their surplus pumpkins to the zoo, who then pass them along to some of the animals, including baboons, sun bears, tigers and the elephants, who consider them a delicacy. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Grace, bottom, one of the four new tigers at the Oakland Zoo, seems to be telling one of her fellow felines to stay away from a post-Halloween treat in her enclosure: a large pumpkin, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 in Oakland, Calif. Many different area stores donate their surplus pumpkins to the zoo, who then pass them along to some of the animals, including baboons, sun bears, tigers and the elephants, who consider them a delicacy. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Grace, one of the four new tigers at the Oakland Zoo, rubs up against a post-Halloween treat in her enclosure: a large pumpkin, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 in Oakland, Calif. Many different area stores donate their surplus pumpkins to the zoo, who then pass them along to some of the animals, including baboons, sun bears, tigers and the elephants, who consider them a delicacy. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Individual dishes of fish and meat treats await northern otters in the night enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. The treats are used as positive reinforcement during training exercises with the animals, to make visits from the veterinarian less stressful. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Two-year-old Kylie Zhao, of San Leandro, left,  illuminates herself and her dad Gary with the other-worldly glow of her giraffe-accented lightsaber at the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014 in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of parents and their children took in the sight of hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights, many in the shape of zoo animals, along with holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Visitors take in the meadow light show at the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of parents and their children took in the sight of hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights, many in the shape of zoo animals, accompanied by holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Passengers aboard the Outback Express Adventure train take in the view at the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of parents and their children took in the sight of hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights, many in the shape of zoo animals, along with holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • The Outback Express Adventure train chugs past a display of lights at the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of parents and their children took in the sight of hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights, many in the shape of zoo animals, along with holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A group of friends from San Francisco, making their first visit to the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, pause for a group photo Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of parents and their children took in the sight of hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights, many in the shape of zoo animals, along with holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • A scene from the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo is seen Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of parents and their children took in the sight of hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights, many in the shape of zoo animals, along with holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Parents and children bundle up against the chill night air with a warm drink at the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of people took in the sight of hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights, many in the shape of zoo animals, along with holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Visitors pause before passing through a lighted arch at the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of parents and their children took in the sight of hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights, many in the shape of zoo animals, along with holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • The Outback Express Adventure train rumbles through a grade crossing at the annual ZooLights exhibit inside the Oakland Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of parents and their children took in the sight of hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights, many in the shape of zoo animals, along with holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Visitors are silhouetted against the hundreds of thousands of lights the illuminate the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014 in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of people came to see the show of colorful lights, many in the shape of zoo animals, accompanied by a selection of holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Visitors are silhouetted against the hundreds of thousands of lights that illuminate the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of people came to see the show of colorful lights, many in the shape of zoo animals, accompanied by a selection of holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Visitors pause at the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of parents and their children took in the sight of hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights, many in the shape of zoo animals, along with holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Visitors arrive for the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights are displayed, many in the shape of zoo animals, along with holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Walkways around the Oakland Zoo are decorated with colorful LED lights at the annual ZooLights exhibit, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Four-year-old Declan Bair, of Oakland, gets a closer look at some of the hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights that make up the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Parents and children take in the sight of hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights, many inthe shapes of animals, at the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. This year's display includes a second light show, and visits from Santa's sleigh, along with train rides and warm beverages. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Some of the LED lights at the annual ZooLights exhibit at the Oakland Zoo are seen Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of thousands of lights, some in the shapes of animals, make up the display, including two different light shows with holiday music. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)
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  • Elizabeth Abram, a lead keeper at the Oakland Zoo, holds Jeffrey, one of four goats born at the zoo last week, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. Zookeepers said that the unusual litter, or "tribe" of four goats were the first at the zoo in more than 15 years. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Immature baboons frolic in the Hamadryas baboon exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. The 14-member troop grew by three recently with the addition of a new baby and two arrivals from a New York zoo. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Mother baboon Maya nurses her one-month-old baby, whom zookeepers have named Akila, in the Hamadryas baboon exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. Akila was born Nov. 15, and is the third for ten-year-old Maya and Martijn, the 14-year-old troop leader. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Two new male members of the Hamadryas baboon exhibit, Milo and Kusa, cavort at the Oakland Zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. The youngsters, who just finished a month-long quarantine period after arriving from New York's Prospect Park Zoo, seem to be adjusting well to their new troop. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Mother baboon Maya cradles her one-month-old baby, whom zookeepers have named Akila, in the Hamadryas baboon exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. Akila was born Nov. 15, and is the third for ten-year-old Maya and Martijn, the 14-year-old troop leader. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Mother baboon Maya carries a chunk of pineapple as she forages for other food, and her one-month-old baby, whom zookeepers have named Akila, clings to her chest, in the Hamadryas baboon exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. Akila was born Nov. 15, and is the third for ten-year-old Maya and Martijn, the 14-year-old troop leader. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Mother baboon Maya tears open a box containing a chunk of pineapple as she forages for food, and her one-month-old baby, whom zookeepers have named Akila, clings to her chest, in the Hamadryas baboon exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. Akila was born Nov. 15, and is the third for ten-year-old Maya and Martijn, the 14-year-old troop leader. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Elizabeth Abram, a lead keeper at the Oakland Zoo, holds Jeffrey, one of four goats born at the zoo last week, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. Zookeepers said that the unusual litter, or "tribe" of four goats were the first at the zoo in more than 15 years. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Cowboy, one of four goats born at the Oakland Zoo last Tuesday, forages for food in its enclosure, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. Zookeepers said that the unusual litter, or "tribe" of four goats were the first at the zoo in more than 15 years. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Mother baboon Maya carries a chunk of pineapple as she forages for other food, and her one-month-old baby, whom zookeepers have named Akila, clings to her chest, in the Hamadryas baboon exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. Akila was born Nov. 15, and is the third for ten-year-old Maya and Martijn, the 14-year-old troop leader. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Trooper lead Martijn, foreground, leads the lunchtime charge into the outdoor enclosure at the Hamadryas baboon exhibit of the Oakland Zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Cowboy, left, and Maggie, week-old kids, vie for nursing time with their mother Annie, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. Cowboy, Maggie, and siblings Norman Jean and Jeffrey, were the first litter, or "tribe," of goats at the zoo in more than 15 years. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Four newborn kids -- Cowboy, Norma Jean, Maggie and Jeffrey -- congregate in their enclosure Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. Zookeepers said that the unusual litter, or "tribe" of four goats were the first at the zoo in more than 15 years. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Annie the goat stands in front of her four newborn kids -- Cowboy, from left, Norma Jean, Maggie and Jeffrey -- Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. Zookeepers said that the unusual litter, or "tribe" of four goats were the first at the zoo in more than 15 years. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Jeffrey, one of four goats born at the Oakland Zoo last Tuesday, forages for food in its enclosure, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. Zookeepers said that the unusual litter, or "tribe" of four goats were the first at the zoo in more than 15 years. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • The chase is on as two immature baboons play in the Hamadryas baboon exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015.(D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Primate keeper Dannielle Stith puts out food in the Hamadryas baboon exhibit at the Oakland Zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • Maya, a seven-year-old hamadryas baboon, nurses her week-old infant in the baboon enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Maya, a seven-year-old hamadryas baboon, nurses her week-old infant in the baboon enclosure, even as she forages for food (hidden inside the blue ball, thrown into the enclosure by zookeepers) at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Maya, a seven-year-old hamadryas baboon, nurses her week-old infant in the baboon enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Maya, a seven-year-old hamadryas baboon, nurses her week-old infant in the baboon enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Maya, a seven-year-old hamadryas baboon, nurses her week-old infant in the baboon enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Maya, a seven-year-old hamadryas baboon, keeps a watchful eye out as she nurses her week-old infant in the baboon enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Maya, a seven-year-old hamadryas baboon, nurses her week-old infant in the baboon enclosure, even as she forages for food (hidden inside the red ball, thrown into the enclosure by zookeepers) at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Maya, a seven-year-old hamadryas baboon, nurses her week-old infant in the baboon enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Maya, a seven-year-old hamadryas baboon, nurses her week-old infant in the baboon enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Ray Orr of Oakland, Calif. takes in the flamingoes in their enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, during the 11th annual Healthy Living Festival, Thursday, July 17, 2014 in Oakland. Thousands of seniors from came to learn more about healthcare options, be entertained, and to tour the zoo. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • An unidentified senior photographs the flamingoes in their enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, during the 11th annual Healthy Living Festival, Thursday, July 17, 2014 in Oakland, Calif. Thousands of seniors from came to learn more about healthcare options, be entertained, and to tour the zoo. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
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  • As an emu grazes in the background, a baby Wallaroo, or Joey, hangs its head and its tail out of its mother's pouch, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. This is the first Joey birth at the zoo in more than a decade. Joeys are born after a month-long gestation period, but then spend the next six to eight months growing in the mother's pouch. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • The two new female Dromedary camels added to the Oakland zoo gaze curiously at the camera on their first day on display, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 in Oakland, Calif.  The one-year-old camels were acquired from the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Its pouch distended by its baby, or Joey, a mother Wallaroo hops away from reporters, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. This is the first Joey birth at the zoo in more than a decade. Joeys are born after a month-long gestation period, but then spend the next six to eight months growing in the mother's pouch. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • A baby Wallaroo, or Joey, hangs its head and its tail out of its mother's pouch, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. This is the first Joey birth at the zoo in more than a decade. Joeys are born after a month-long gestation period, but then spend the next six to eight months growing in the mother's pouch. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • A baby Wallaroo, or Joey, hangs its head and its tail out of its mother's pouch, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. This is the first Joey birth at the zoo in more than a decade. Joeys are born after a month-long gestation period, but then spend the next six to eight months growing in the mother's pouch. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Margaret Rousser, lead keeper at the Oakland Zoo, poses for a photograph outside the chimpanzee enclosure, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. The zoo recently acquired two new male chimps, and now has seven of the primates, three males and four females. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Margaret Rousser, lead keeper at the Oakland Zoo, talks about the acquisition of two new chimpanzees, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. The zoo now has seven chimps, three males and four females. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • A blue and gold Macaw preens its feathers, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • On a day of record high temperatures, Annie the chimpanzee gets a drink from the hose at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Unidentified female chimpanzee stretches out in her enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Bernie, one of two new chimpanzees acquired by the Oakland Zoo, seen Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Eddie, one of two new chimpanzees acquired by the Oakland Zoo, takes in the view from his enclosure Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Unidentified female chimpanzee hangs around the enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, seen Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Bernie, one of two new chimpanzees acquired by the Oakland Zoo, swings through his enclosure Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Chimpanzees chase each other around their enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Moses the chimpanzee lounges in the shade Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in his enclosure at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Pagi, the new sun bear that was introduced to the media Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif., gets acquainted with the play structure in her enclosure. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Pagi, the new sun bear that was introduced to the media Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif., gets acquainted with the play structure in her enclosure. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • The two new female Dromedary camels added to the Oakland zoo look over the fence of their enclosure on their first day on display, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Young visitors bone up on their chimpanzee knowledge outside the primates' enclosure at the Oakland Zoo, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Unidentified female chimpanzee at the Oakland Zoo, seen Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Eddie, one of two new chimpanzees acquired by the Oakland Zoo, seen Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Pagi, the new sun bear that was introduced to the media Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif., looks up from her play structure. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • A visitor to the Oakland Zoo makes a photo of Pagi, the new sun bear that was introduced to the media Thursday, June 17, 2010, in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Visitors take in one of the two new female Dromedary camels added to the Oakland zoo on their first day on display, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • One of two new female Dromedary camels added to the Oakland zoo gazes curiously at the camera on her first day on display, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • Dr. Joel Parrott, executive director of the Oakland Zoo, poses for a photograph at the opening night of the "Zoolights" holiday display, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009 in Oakland, Calif. Nightly from now until Jan. 3 -- excepting Christmas Eve and Christmas Day -- visitors can take in the more than 100,000 colorful lights, visit Santa and ride the miniature steam train. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • An eastern indigo snake flicks its tongue while being displayed to curious Oakland Unified School District students, during the district's "Dinner with a Scientist" event, Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. Last week, the district became one of the first in California to require a certain amount of science education each week. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
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  • A female Bengal tiger paces around her enclosure at the Oakland, Calif. zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. In the wake of the escape of a Siberian tiger at the San Francisco zoo Tuesday that left the tiger and one zoo visitor dead and two other men seriously injured, officials in Oakland said they were confident that visitors were not in danger. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Visitors watch as a female Bengal tiger paces around her enclosure at the Oakland, Calif. zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. In the wake of the escape of a Siberian tiger at the San Francisco zoo Tuesday that left the tiger and one zoo visitor dead and two other men seriously injured, officials in Oakland said they were confident that visitors were not in danger. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • A female Bengal tiger paces around her enclosure at the Oakland, Calif. zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. In the wake of the escape of a Siberian tiger at the San Francisco zoo Tuesday that left the tiger and one zoo visitor dead and two other men seriously injured, officials in Oakland said they were confident that visitors were not in danger. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • A female Bengal tiger paces around her enclosure at the Oakland, Calif. zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. In the wake of the escape of a Siberian tiger at the San Francisco zoo Tuesday that left the tiger and one zoo visitor dead and two other men seriously injured, officials in Oakland said they were confident that visitors were not in danger. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Visitors watch as a female Bengal tiger paces around her enclosure at the Oakland, Calif. zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. In the wake of the escape of a Siberian tiger at the San Francisco zoo Tuesday that left the tiger and one zoo visitor dead and two other men seriously injured, officials in Oakland said they were confident that visitors were not in danger. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • A Bengal tiger rests in its enclosure at the Oakland, Calif. zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007.  In the wake of the escape of and fatal mauling by a Siberian tiger at the San Francisco zoo, officials in Oakland said they were confident that visitors were not in danger. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • A Bengal tiger rests in its enclosure at the Oakland, Calif. zoo, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007.  (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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  • Joel Parrot, Executive Director of The Oakland, Calif. zoo, speaks to reporters Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007 about animal and visitor safety, a day after a Siberian tiger escaped from its enclosure in San Francisco and mauled three visitors, one of them fatally, before police shot the animal to death. (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune)
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