EcoSphere: Inside these sealed glass balls live shrimp, algae, and bacteria, all swimming around in filtered seawater. Put it somewhere with some light, and this little ecosystem will chug along happily for years, no feeding or cleaning necessary, totally oblivious to the fact that the rest of the world exists outside.
Loango, a crown male Mangabey monkey is cared for by his keeper on April 18, 2012, at the Jardin des Plantes’s zoo in Paris. The baby was born in the zoo in March 5, 2012, and then rejected by his mother. This birth in a zoo is part of the European breeding of Endangered species Program (EEP) to promote their breeding.
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