A special delivery in northern Greenwich

Mother Nature often works in mysterious ways, but the recent birth of a baby anteater has the staff at a Greenwich conservation center stumped.

The mystery begins in August, when Armani, a female giant anteater at the LEO Zoological Conservation Center in Greenwich, gave birth to baby Alice. It was a joyous occasion for all involved, except perhaps for Alf, baby Alice’s father. Male anteaters are known to commit infanticide, so Alf had to go. He remained at the center, but was kept away from mom and baby for several months.

Fast forward to one morning in April. A tender went into Armani’s enclosure and received quite a shock.

Armani, sometime during the previous night, had given birth to another baby.

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