Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The newest resident of the Idaho Falls Zoo looks like a typical baby deer, but it barks like a dog and has fangs like a vampire.
The 2-pound fawn is a Reeves's muntjac, a small deer native to China and Taiwan. The Post Register newspaper (http://bit.ly/1Z5RU5N ) reports that the fawn is now on display along its mother as part of the eastern Idaho zoo's "Little Asia" exhibit.
Aaron Young, a zookeeper who cares for the muntjacs, said in a prepared statement that it's the cutest baby he's seen.
The Idaho Falls Zoo is also opening a new exhibit with three rare snake species: a Thai bamboo rat snake, a Mandarin rat snake and two albino Burmese pythons. The "Jewels of Asia" exhibit will stay open through Labor Day.
___
Information from: Post Register, http://www.postregister.com
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
