{"id":594571,"date":"2026-08-16T01:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/594571\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T01:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:04:08","slug":"kangaroo-joey-young-bison-become-inseparable-best-friends-at-nj-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/594571\/","title":{"rendered":"Kangaroo joey, young bison become inseparable best friends at NJ zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A kangaroo joey and a young bison are now best friends at a New Jersey zoo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The critters reside at Six Flags Great Adventure, located in Jackson, a city that lies roughly halfway between New York City and Philadelphia. More specifically, they live within the 350-acre Wild Safari section of the park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to zoo officials, Gertie the bison and Penny the kangaroo are now &#8220;inseparable&#8221; after meeting for the first time. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Video shared by the amusement park shows Gertie enjoying some love from Penny.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:According to BBC Earth;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbcearth.com\/news\/unexpected-animal-pairings\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">According to BBC Earth<\/a>, animal relationships that humans may deem unlikely can arise from several circumstances, including a need for protection or simply because animals want to play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTLA.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTLA.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A kangaroo joey and a young bison are now best friends at a New Jersey zoo.\u00a0 The critters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,60,251591,251594,6107,2964,82,251592,263,251593],"class_list":["post-594571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kangaroo-joey","tag-new-jersey-zoo","tag-new-york-city","tag-philadelphia","tag-science","tag-six-flags-great-adventure","tag-wildlife","tag-zoo-officials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}