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Two of the worlds most endangered lemurs have been born at a wildlife park. The male and the female white-belted ruffled lemurs were born at Port Lympne reserve in Kent to mum Ikala and dad Mino. The white-belted ruffed lemur is one of the worlds most endangered primates. Found exclusively on the island of Madagascar in lowland and mid-altitude rainforests, they are highly social animals, living in female-dominated groups…
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Update…An infant gorilla that has been hand-reared at Bristol Zoo Gardens now has a surrogate mum. Western lowland gorilla Hasani, who was born in August last year, was cared for by keepers after his birth-mother, Kala, struggled to look after him. The keepers turned to 16-year-old Kera to see if she could take on the role of surrogate mum.
Hasani has been hand-reared by keepers and raised by surrogate mother Kera. A baby gorilla born at a zoo and hand-reared by keepers and a surrogate is celebrating his first birthday. Hasani was born at Bristol Zoo last August but had to be raised by a surrogate after his mother struggled to look after him. Despite his rocky start, the 9kg (20lb) one-year-old is crawling, drinking four bottles of milk a day and developing at the same rate as a human baby…
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