This photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society shows a southern-hairy-nosed wombat joey, believed to be a female, snuggled up next to its mother, 8-year-old Kambora, at the Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill., Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. The not-yet-named baby was born July 8, 2008, however, zookeepers were only recently able to get a good look at the youngster because, like all marsupials, wombat joeys develop in the pouch following a gestation period of approximately 21 days. The joey now weighs about 4 1/2 pounds. Currently, Brookfield Zoo is one of only four zoos in North America to exhibit southern hairy-nosed wombats and is home to four individuals (half the North America population), including the joey's sire, Carver.(AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz)
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