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Native snake may look daunting, but looks are deceiving

...the meantime, Doug took photos of the snake to send to the Brainerd Dispatch. Those photos were forwarded on to the Minnesota Zoo and Twin Cities Reptiles. Both those sources and the DNR identified the snake as a hognose - a non-venomous Minnesota...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-06-13/native-snake-may-look-daunting-looks
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Program aims to breed rare Minnesota butterflies

...The 20 tiny butterfly larvae being cared for by a Minnesota Zoo biologist could represent the last hope for a species...be extinct in the state," said Erik Runquist, the Minnesota Zoo conservation biologist who leads its butterfly conservation...

http://brainerddispatch.com/outdoors/2012-12-25/program-aims-breed-rare-minnesot
Outdoors
Breezy Point woman wins Minnesota Zoo contest

...Point recently won in the Northern Trek category of the Minnesota Zoo Photo Contest, sponsored by National Camera Exchange...grizzly bear just coming out of the water was taken at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley. The photo was among nearly 1,500...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-10-12/breezy-point-woman-wins-minnesota-zo
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Days run away

...return.Tuesday night I went back to my son's school. He returned just after 8 p.m. from his field trip to the Minnesota Zoo. It was hot outside, but he was still wearing his fleece. His cooler, full of food that morning, was lighter...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-05-25/days-run-away
Guest Columns
Lawmakers drawing up new shutdown rules

...projects and electrical inspections; leave state parks and campsites open, along with highway rest stops and the Minnesota Zoo; keep up sales of Minnesota Lottery tickets; assure continued funding for Minnesota state colleges and universities...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-03-06/lawmakers-drawing-new-shutdown-rules
News | Political

APPLE VALLEY (AP) - The Minnesota Zoo introduces a newborn DeBrazza's monkey to the public Tuesday.The monkey was born last Thursday and does not have a name yet. The zoo says so far the infant's gender is unknown.

http://brainerddispatch.com/2012-04-17-0
List of services affected by government shutdown

...for the deaf: Programs, such as one that provides special telephones to hearing or speech impaired, stopped.- Minnesota Zoo: Closed to visitors, but some staff will continue to care for animals.- Historical sites: From Fort Snelling to...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-07-01/list-services-affected-government-sh
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2 girls in pjs take stolen goat for walk

...AP) - Everything went according to plan for two pajama-clad stepsisters who took a goat they'd freed from a Minnesota zoo for a late-night walk.Until they told the Mankato police officer who stopped them about 11:30 p.m. Saturday...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-08-29/2-girls-pjs-take-stolen-goat-walk
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Minnesota Zoo's new exhibit provides glimpse into reality of farming

APPLE VALLEY (AP) -- Just before entering the Minnesota Zoo's newest exhibit, visitors pass between natural wetlands and bioengineered crops, introducing them to family farming through...

http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/070100/bus_0701000025.shtml
Business
Wolf killed after escaping at Minnesota Zoo

...and killed after it escaped from its enclosure at the Minnesota Zoo on Wednesday.The wolf got out on to the zoo's Northern...shut down by flooding, Lessard said.___Online:Minnesota Zoo: http://www.mnzoo.org Copyright 2011 The Associated...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-06-08/wolf-killed-after-escaping-minnesota
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