Test-tube gorilla baby doing well.Rosie, a captive lowland gorilla also known as Mata Hari Mata Hari (mä`tə hä`rē), 1876–1917, Dutch dancer and spy in German service during World War I. Her real name was Margaretha Geertruida Zelle. , gave birth Oct. 9 to a 1.4 kilogram kilogram, abbr. kg, fundamental unit of mass in the metric system, defined as the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept at Sèvres, France, near Paris. female, the first endangered primate to result from test-tube fertilization, zoo officials announced. Scientists had implanted three gorilla embryos in Rosie in March (SN: 8/26/95 p.139), but only one survived. Because of her slightly premature birth premature birth Birth less than 37 weeks after conception. Infants born as early as 23–24 weeks may survive but many face lifelong disabilities (e.g., cerebral palsy, blindness, deafness). , the unnamed infant remains quarantined with her mother at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden is the second-oldest zoo in the United States and is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It opened in 1875: just 14 months after the Philadelphia Zoo on July 1, 1874. The Reptile House is the oldest zoo building in America, dating from 1875. . So don't expect to see any baby pictures until perhaps January, a zoo spokeswoman says. |
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