Know About Rare Addition: Endangered Western Chimpanzee Born

Know About Rare Addition: Endangered Western Chimpanzee Born In todays awesome news: Chester Zoo announced the arrival of a western chimpanzee baby

The birth of the baby chimpanzee is a boost for conservation efforts as western chimpanzees are critically endangered.

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Andrew Lenihan, team manager at the zoo, said that the zoo is incredibly proud of the new arrival and that the baby’s mother

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The zoo has released images of ZeeZee cradling her newborn infant. Great ape experts have reported that the new arrival is in good health

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spent his first few weeks bonding with his mother and the rest of the zoo’s 22 western chimpanzees.

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Chimpanzees are born with a white tuft of hair on their rear which signals to others in the troop to be gentle with them until puberty.

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According to Mr. Lenihan, the birth of a new chimpanzee creates a lot of excitement in the group and the raising of a youngster becomes a real extended family affair.

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The new baby is often passed around among other females who want to lend a helping hand to the mother and give her some well-deserved rest.

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He also mentioned that the new baby’s sister Stevie has taken a real shine to him which is great to see.

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