| African chimp gives birth to female baby
Bogor, West Java (ANTARA News) - An African chimpanzee gave birth to a female baby at the primate center in the Taman Safari Indonesia (TSI) parl in Cisarua subdistrict, Bogor district, recently, a spokesperson said. Wiki, the chimpanzee (20), gave birth to Windi, and Kobi (15) was the father of the newly-born, TSI spokesperson Nur Syamsiah said here Monday. Wiki gave birth to the baby on March 29 after a pregnancy of 236 days. The newly-born brought the number of chimpanzees born in the conservation institution to 8, Nur said. A member of the endangered species could live for about 40 years in their natural habitat, and 60 years in conservation area. The weight of a female chimpanzee ranges from 25 kg to 50 kg, and a male chimpanzee from 38 kg to 70 kg. The Taman Safari, or Indonesian Safari Park, is a drive-through game park built for animals in an environment as closely as possible to their natural habitat.
Minigolf Mania Reviewed
Macworld's Game Room has posted a review of Minigolf Mania from Top Meadow Games. Developed with Garage Games' Torque Engine, Minigolf provides players with a variety of minature golf courses on which to test their skills. The Game Room gave the game a score of 2.5 out of 5 mice.Minigolf Mania takes the familiar tack of providing you with several different 18-hole courses to play, chock full of hazards that you might find on a real coursewindmills, tunnels and bumpersalong with a whole bunch of hazards youre unlikely to see in the real world, such as moving force-fields, hot rivers of lava and icy fields. Youre able to play the front or back nine of each course, or practice on a single hole, or play the whole course all at once. Although the game is only designed to support one player at a time, you can take turns at each hole as a foursome, just like in a real game of mini golf.
New tyre deal for Australian Safari
Octagon Australia have announced the appointment of Michelin & BFGoodrich Tyres as major sponsors of the Australian Safari off-road rally event in Western Australia. Michelin will be the official motorcycle tyre supplier, while BFGoodrich Tires will be the official automotive tyre supplier for the event. The agreement covers both the 2007 and 2008 Australian Safari events.As part of the sponsorship, Michelin & BFGoodrich Tires representatives will travel with the event, supplying and fitting tyres for competitors along the 5500 kilometre route, which starts in Kununurra on August 24 and finishes in Perth on September 1, 2007.Michelin and BFGoodrich Tires are thrilled to be involved in such a fantastic world class rally event, particularly one that caters for both automotive and motorcycle, said Adam Storey, Marketing Manager Oceania.
Southern White Rhinoceros join regional breeding program
Two female Southern White Rhinoceros set out this morning on the long, cross-country journey from Perth to Sydney and then on to Christchurch, New Zealand - all in pursuit of breeding. Environment Minister David Templeman said Perth Zoos successful breeding program meant it was able to send Katala and Tamu to take part in the Australasian Regional Breeding program in New Zealands Orana Wildlife Park. .
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