Look, But Don't Blink! Fast Fawns Born at Queens Zoo
NEW YORK (AP) -- These babies are "built for speed.''
That's what the director of the Queens Zoo says about its new pronghorn antelope fawns.
The pronghorn is the world's second-fastest land animal. The adults are comfortable running 60 mph. Only the cheetah is faster.
Dr. Scott Silver says the three "incredibly cute'' fawns -- the smallest one just 8 pounds -- were born recently to zoo moms Dana and Niki. They were introduced to the public on Thursday.
When the parents were little, Silver once tried to race them. He said it's "like racing someone who's on land when you're in water.''
The Wildlife Conservation Society, which operates the zoo, is working to preserve western U.S. migratory corridors where the pronghorn live in the wild.
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