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They're talkin' about takins at the Lincoln Park Zoo

They're talkin' about takins at the Lincoln Park Zoo

A takin is part of the goat-antelope family

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Takins have split hooves, thick coats, and distinct curved horns that look like a handlebar mustache above their ears.

Takin brothers Porter---who's 3-years-old, and Taiyang---who's 2-years-old---come to Chicago from the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, where they were born.

The takins soon will live in Lincoln Pak Zoo's new structure that looks like many takins' native land of the Himalayas.