00:00We're here at the National Zoo and Aquarium where on Father's Day weekend a
00:06brand new baby zebra was born. This zebra does not have a name yet. We're going to
00:12speak to Sophie Dentrinos, the zookeeper and zebra keeper and find out a little
00:17bit more about this amazing birth and how you can be involved.
00:30Here we have our core herd of stallion and two mares and their offspring. So today
00:45we've got Johari and her five-day-off foal keeping a little bit of a distance this
00:49morning so that's pretty normal as foals are born into a breeding herd. They'll
00:54segregate with mum so that they can imprint, get that really close connection
00:58with mum and know exactly who mum is. Obviously in a big herd of zebras in the
01:02wild it's really important they don't lose mum. So they'll spend the first few
01:05days a little bit more apart from the herd. In Johari's case she's been super
01:09relaxed with the other herd members but anything different in her environment
01:13very much takes her away from the disruption potentially and making sure
01:18that that foal is nice and close with her. So they're a little bit more
01:21segregated this morning just so they can have their time together and Bub also
01:25needs a nap so she's having a good nap this morning as well.
01:27So we're excited to announce a naming competition for this little female. We're
01:31asking the Canberra community to come up with a name that comes from the African
01:35dialect Swahili and to name it under one of these letters Z, E, B, R or A and the
01:42winners will be selected in the coming weeks and they'll get the chance to meet
01:46our zebra herd and some other animal encounters.
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