We recently gave you an update on the treatment and care of the animals at Disney’s Animal Kingdom during the temporary closures, and there is now a bit of an update. If you’re looking to have a smile put on your face, check out the brand new baby porcupine and baby zebra just recently born.
First up, we have a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine which is known as a porcupette and was born to her mom Peri on February 25, 2020.
Porcupettes are covered in a fine red fur coat, but they’re also born with their tiny quills underneath, which begin to harden hours after birth. Those quills are actually what helped the team determine the baby’s gender. And guess what? It’s a girl!
Coming to this conclusion required science and more than just a neonatal exam from the veterinary team. Prehensile-tailed porcupines have internal sex organs, so to determine the baby’s gender, the team actually had to send some of her tiny quills off to a lab for DNA testing.
The other baby recently born is a Hartmann’s Zebra foal who was born to mom Heidi on March 21, 2020. This baby at Disney’s Animal Kingdom is another girl, and the nearly 65-pounder is absolutely adorable.
Heidi is showing she’s a natural at parenting skills as she stays close to her baby to bond with her and nurse. Bonding is especially important, as a young zebra will imprint on its mother’s scent and memorize the unique markings on its mother’s hind legs to tell her apart from the rest of the herd. In a few weeks, after the pair develop a strong bond, they will be introduced to the Kilimanjaro Safaris savannah.
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