Four fossa cubs at Duisburg Zoo are out of the nest box
Three males and one female were born in June to Beroketa and Isaloh. Stern reported that visitors can see them now, and the zoo asked people to stay quiet.
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Four fossa cubs born in June at Duisburg Zoo are now where visitors can see them. Stern reported on November 2, 2026, that the litter is three males and one female. Mother Beroketa stayed with them around the clock at first. This is her second litter. She had two cubs in 2024. Father Isaloh had not produced young before, and a zoo spokesperson said his line had not been represented in European zoos, which is why the litter matters to the European breeding programme. The cubs left the nest box at about seven or eight weeks old.
The zoo asked guests to keep quiet in front of the fossa house and not to knock on the glass. Stern said Duisburg has raised 77 young fossas since 1980. A fossa can weigh up to 15 kilograms and is the largest meat-eating mammal in Madagascar, where about 2,500 are thought to remain. The news is these four cubs and that family line. It is not a new count of fossas in the wild.
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Four fossa cubs born at Duisburg Zoo in Germany are big enough for visitors to see. Stern reported the news on November 2, 2026. Three are males and one is female. They were born in June to mother Beroketa and father Isaloh. The cubs left their nest box at about seven or eight weeks old. The zoo asked guests to be quiet and not tap the glass. A fossa is the largest meat-eating mammal in Madagascar. The zoo has raised 77 young fossas since 1980. These four cubs do not change how many still live in the wild.
- Why would a zoo ask visitors to be quiet near a mother and her cubs?
- What is one thing a zoo birth can do for an animal that is rare in the wild?
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