How zoo predicted aardvark's arrival: Brookfield pioneers unconventional approach.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: May 25, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: John Biemer

May 25--It wasn't pretty what happened this spring at the Brookfield Zoo, but staffers are thrilled about one of their latest additions anyway--and the earthy way they predicted her birth to the day, after 8 months of gestation. On March 30, the zoo welcomed the birth of Paatsy, an aardvark--a snouty termite-slurper with a face only a mother could love. But even more exciting to zookeepers was the non-invasive procedure used to predict her exact due date: They analyzed hormone levels in her mother's fecal matter. It was the first time the technique ...

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