{"id":474874,"date":"2026-03-14T08:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T08:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/474874\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T08:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T08:01:08","slug":"first-elephant-shrews-born-in-the-uk-at-hertfordshire-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/474874\/","title":{"rendered":"First elephant shrews born in the UK at Hertfordshire Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The creatures are native to the forest floors of Kenya and Tanzania, with adults weighing around 1.54 lbs (700g) and capable of running up to 15 mph (25km\/h).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tyler Whitnall, managing director of Hertfordshire Zoo, said: &#8220;To have the first-ever black and rufous sengi birth in the UK is an incredible feeling. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;To see them successfully breed so quickly is a testament to the world-class care provided by our team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;These pups are growing incredibly fast and are already showing the same high-energy, inquisitive traits as their parents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The newborns are currently being monitored by the zoo&#8217;s veterinary team and, while spending much of their time in their nesting area, are expected to be on view to the public in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The creatures are native to the forest floors of Kenya and Tanzania, with adults weighing around 1.54 lbs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-474874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}