What animals! Thieves broke into San Francisco Zoo overnight and stole a squirrel monkey named Banana-Sam.Staffers this morning were stunned to find the 17-year-old primate missing from its exhibit, the zoo said in a statement Friday. Vandals had breached the exhibit to gain access to Banana-Sam, who weighs about 2 pounds and is more than a foot tall.
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Not everyone is looking forward to a traditional Thanksgiving with all the trimmings.Maybe you’re doing Thanksgiving on your own this year, or you’re bored with the family tradition of overeating and watching football. Maybe you’re not a fan of turkey or you think Thanksgiving is politically problematic. Maybe you want to make a difference in the world, or maybe you just can’t sit still that long.
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Thanks to the efforts of conservationists, the world’s largest colony of Magellanic Penguins in captivity welcomed six three-year-old peers Thursday to their new home at the San Francisco Zoo.
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Six penguins found emaciated on a shoreline in Brazil are making a new home at the San Francisco Zoo starting today.The Magellanic penguins were scheduled to make their debut at 9:30 a.m. at the zoo’s Penguin Island.They were part of a group of 373 emaciated penguins found in October 2008 on a beach near Rio de Janeiro. The birds were flown on a military plane to more abundant food source areas, zoo spokeswoman Lora LaMarca said.
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The San Francisco Zoo has announced a special deal for city police and fire department employees this Sunday.All San Francisco police and fire employees and their families will be admitted to the zoo for free on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, zoo officials said.The zoo is also offering 10 percent off food purchases for the employees and their families.
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A 2.9-magnitude earthquake struck near the San Francisco Zoo early this morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The 12:19 a.m. quake shook 2 miles southwest of the zoo, which is located near the Great Highway and Sloat Boulevard.The temblor had a depth of about 4 miles, according to the USGS.
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Two Bay Area dentists came to the rescue of a gorilla with a toothache on Monday, San Francisco Zoo officials said.Oscar Jonsey, or O.J., a 30-year-old western lowland gorilla had an abscessed canine tooth, zoo officials said.Dentist Dan Mairani and endodontist Steve Holifield normally work with human patients but they made an exception for O.J. After a three-hour procedure, the tooth was saved and the abscess successfully treated, zoo officials said.
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Apparently the name “Tucker” was too boring for a flirty hippo at the San Francisco Zoo, so they renamed him after none other than feared and bearded San Francisco Giants pitcher Brian Wilson.
The hippopotamus formerly known as Tucker can be seen here on the zoo’s Twitter feed flexing his macho jaw muscles.
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A mishap at San Francisco Zoo made Time magazine’s list of Top 10 zoo escapes — and it wasn’t the tiger that mauled three visitors.
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An 11-day-old boy apparently suffocated in his mother’s sling at the San Francisco Zoo and died two weeks ago, but details surrounding the slower-than-usual emergency response are elusive and contradictory.Zoo employees and officials from the Fire Department disagree about how quickly emergency personnel responded to 911 calls and whether department medics or a private ambulance crew arrived first.
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