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Brookfield Zoo introduces baby aardvark

A baby aardvark born last month to its seven-year-old mother Jessi was introduced at Brookfield Zoo today. (Heather Charles/ Chicago Tribune)

A baby aardvark born last month to its seven-year-old mother Jessi was introduced at Brookfield Zoo today. (Heather Charles/ Chicago Tribune)

Brookfield Zoo today announced the birth of an aardvark at the zoo, the first born there in a decade.

The aardvark—which hasn’t been named yet, in part because zookeepers don’t know what sex it is—has grown from about 4-1/2 pounds when it was born Jan. 12 to about 13 pounds today, according to the zoo.

Read more at the Chicago Tribune.

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