California Condor #222 aka " Cosmo"

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California Condor #222 aka "Cosmo"

Hatchday: April 17th, 2000 Hatch location San Diego Wild Animal Park Sex: Female Current Status: Partnered with Amigo (#204) Offspring: Foster mother of #470 Current location: Big Sur, CA

Cosmo, the social butterfly of the flock, spends most of her time with large groups of condors. Her affable nature and fun loving ways meant that many male condors were interested in her when she became an adult. She chose Amigo (#204), a strapping male one year her senior. He is also a social fellow, and they have formed a solid partnership. They first bred in the winter of 2008/2009. The egg that Comso laid never hatched. The eggshell had a structural defect that resulted in the chick's death. We think that toxins in her environment may have affected her ability to lay a normal egg. This is an avenue for our future research. We swapped in a healthy egg from the zoo (#470), which provided this pair an opportunity to become foster parents.

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