Ancient, modern mix as zoo honors bamboo

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The Maryland Zoo is celebrating the ancient and modern uses of the bamboo at its Wild About Bamboo Festival, the first of its kind.

“The zoo has a lot of bamboo growing [on its property], and we thought it?s something that would interest people,” said Lainie Contreras, public relations manager at the zoo.

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