A rare bongo

The Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, MI described the bongo as “one of the most majestic and endangered members of the antelope family” in its announcement of the rare, recent birth of a female eastern bongo calf. How rare are bongos? According to the zoo, only about 100 eastern bongos remain in the wild and about 300 bongos are protected in accredited zoos; “their ornate horns and vibrant ora...

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