Sssssensational News as Lincoln Park Zoo Celebrates First Birth of Endangered Native Rattlers in Nearly a Decade

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Original Load Date Feb. 24, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
Last Updated Feb. 24, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
Original URL https://news.wttw.com/2026/02/24/sssssensational-news-lincoln-park-zoo-celebrates-first-birth-endangered-native-rattlers

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Lincoln Park Zoo is celebrating a baby boom of nine [ eastern massasauga rattlesnakes ][1] , the first new arrivals of this federally threatened native species in nearly a decade. The tiny rattlers are the great grandkids of eastern massasaugas brought to the zoo in 2009, rescued from the wild and ...