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Researchers also plan to investigate whether certain stars are resistant to the disease, opening the door to breeding animals that are more resilient.

The marauders beat and slashed to death all the males in a neighboring colony and subjugated the breeding females, essentially annihilating an entire community.

The zoo has a breeding program administered by the nonprofit Assn. of Zoos and Aquariums that is designed to increase the genetic diversity of the chimpanzee population in North America, the release states.

Those rats can start breeding after nine weeks, meaning two rats can potentially create more than 1,000 offspring in a single year.

“The first human cases of West Nile virus are an important reminder that we all need to take steps to prevent mosquito bites and mosquito breeding,” said Dr. Muntu Davis, L.A.