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The Staten Island Zoo has claimed that Chuck correctly predicted the duration of winter 26 out of 32 years as of 2013, an 82% success rate. [22]Early spring is defined as a spring in which a majority of days between Groundhog Day and the March equinox have a high temperature of over 40 °F (4 °C).
The zoo is also the home of Staten Island Chuck, a groundhog who is the official Groundhog Day forecaster for New York City, and Grandpa, a Black-handed Spider Monkey who made local newspapers when he accurately "predicted" the outcome of six out of nine matches during the U.S. Open Tennis Championship.
The ex-mayor cites the bizarre but mostly forgotten 2014 death of Staten Island Chuck, New York City’s answer to Punxsutawney Phil, in explaining why he pulled the plug on an expected bid for ...
The Animal Game: Searching for Wildness at the American Zoo. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674737341. OCLC 946906577. Flank, Lenny (2021). The Zoo Tourist: Visiting America's Zoos and Aquariums. Red and Black Publishers. ISBN 9781610011440. OCLC 1400972328. Nyhuis, Allen W. (2008).
Chuck Wayne (born Charles Jagelka, 1923–1997) – jazz guitarist with Woody Herman, George Shearing, ... Executive Director of Staten Island Zoo 2010 ...
Patricia became pregnant with their first child in 1941. She became pregnant again in 1942. That same year in the fall, Patricia was hired by the Barrett Park Zoo (later known as the Staten Island Zoo) to work as a temporary veterinarian, as there were no men available during World War II. After the war ended she remained on staff as their ...
The creature is one of the “rarest and smallest” of its kind, according to the zoo’s Instagram post. Rare island critter births tiny baby at NC zoo, video shows. Then another pops out
The Bronx Zoo, the city's main zoo; The Central Park Zoo, Manhattan; The Queens Zoo (Flushing Meadow Zoo) The Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn; The Staten Island Zoo, the North Shore, Staten Island; in New York State. The Buffalo Zoo in the city of Buffalo; The Zoo New York in Thompson Park located in Watertown, Jefferson County