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Ocracoke Welcomes New Filly

A photo of the newest member of the Ocracoke Island pony herd. Paloma, a filly, was born on March 22, 2010.
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Date: March 24, 2010

The NPS Ocracoke pony herd welcomes a new member, a filly named Paloma.  Paloma was born on a warm spring morning, March 22, 2010, to Spirit, a full-blooded Ocracoke pony.  The Ocracoke School children chose the name of the newest member of the herd which means "dove" in Spanish.

Did You Know?

This artist's rendering shows the U.S.S. Monitor foundering in a storm off of Cape Hatteras in December 1862.

The U.S.S. Monitor sank off Cape Hatteras during a storm in December 1862. The wreck's location was a mystery until 1973 when a research vessel found the ship 16 miles off the cape in 230 feet of water. In 1975, the Monitor was named the nation’s first National Marine Sanctuary.