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By Jess Fleming | jfleming@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
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Grandma April, the playful matriarch of the Minnesota Zoo’s Atlantic bottlenose dolphin pod, died Tuesday at age 44.
April was mother to Allie, 22, and grandmother to 7-month-old Taijah. Taijah’s father, Semo, 45, rounds out the pod.
Zoo staff said April had been suffering from “a few physical ailments” recently and had been undergoing treatment at the time of her death. A necropsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.
“April was one ...
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Jess Fleming | Food editor
Jess Fleming has been with the Pioneer Press since 1999, and has been covering the Eat beat since 2012. She is an adventurous eater, cook and gardener, but will only grow something she can eat. She is a graduate of the journalism school at the University of Minnesota and a native of Eastern Wisconsin, where she grew up eating good brats, good cheese and fresh vegetables from her dad’s garden.
