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BBC News
7 days ago
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Suffolk Rural college welcomes new baby wallaby and skunks
New baby animals, including a wallaby, have been welcomed at an agricultural Rural, based in Otley and part of Suffolk New College, said it was "delighted" to see one of its wallabies, Jessie, had given technician, Andrew Waddingham, said the team witnessed the joey's arrival last small skunks have also been born in recent weeks. "We first noticed a head pop out of Jessie's pouch about three weeks ago," Mr Waddingham said. "Although with Wallabies, it could be up to six months old as they crawl up into the pouch for nearly half a year."Hopefully within a couple of weeks it will hop out of the pouch." Two baby skunks, one of which is albino, were also born about nine weeks ago and have been at the college for the past fortnight. They have been named Winston and Ralph by the college's animal centre manager, Helen Pearson, who used the names of her childhood gerbils. The new additions were just some of the animals welcomed at the college after it unveiled new facilities earlier this animals given a home included meerkats, with the site hoping to introduce capybaras in the near future."We currently support over a hundred students who get to work with lots of different animals in some amazing new facilities - so it's a very exciting time for our department," Mr Waddingham added. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
7 days ago
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- Yahoo
New baby animals welcomed at rural college
New baby animals, including a wallaby, have been welcomed at an agricultural college. Suffolk Rural, based in Otley and part of Suffolk New College, said it was "delighted" to see one of its wallabies, Jessie, had given birth. Senior technician, Andrew Waddingham, said the team witnessed the joey's arrival last month. Two small skunks have also been born in recent weeks. "We first noticed a head pop out of Jessie's pouch about three weeks ago," Mr Waddingham said. "Although with Wallabies, it could be up to six months old as they crawl up into the pouch for nearly half a year. "Hopefully within a couple of weeks it will hop out of the pouch." Two baby skunks, one of which is albino, were also born about nine weeks ago and have been at the college for the past fortnight. They have been named Winston and Ralph by the college's animal centre manager, Helen Pearson, who used the names of her childhood gerbils. The new additions were just some of the animals welcomed at the college after it unveiled new facilities earlier this year. Other animals given a home included meerkats, with the site hoping to introduce capybaras in the near future. "We currently support over a hundred students who get to work with lots of different animals in some amazing new facilities - so it's a very exciting time for our department," Mr Waddingham added. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. First seal pups of season born at nature reserve Suffolk Punch foal gets timely Star Wars name One in a million sheep births five lambs Suffolk Rural
