Zoo Workers Adopt This Adorable Baby Antelope
Staff are feeding Thanos five times a day after his mother died not long after giving birth.
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Zoo workers in Chester, England, have stepped in to care for a newborn antelope after its mother passed away.
The new arrival, named Thanos, measures just 19 centimetres (7.5 inches) and is currently too small to register a weight on the zoo's scales.
Staff are feeding Thanos five times a day after his mother died not long after giving birth.
Kirk's dik-dik antelopes grow to a maximum size of just 40 centimeters (16 inches), making them one of the smallest species of antelopes in the world.
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