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How zoos and aquariums play animal matchmakers

Data from North American zoos and aquariums are used to create breeding matches (an animal dating app, if you will) to help species survive while maintaining genetic diversity. Correspondent Rita Braver looks behind the scenes of the animal wedding at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, and at the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut.

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