Category: Gibbon

Check Out Those Chompers!

April 20, 2011

Gibbon, Lincoln Park Zoo, Primate

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo has confirmed their newest swinging sensation, a baby white-cheeked gibbon, is a boy – and boy is he cute! The 3-month-old critically endangered ape has also been given a name. “The baby has been named Sai, (pronounced ‘sigh’), which means ‘son’ in Burmese said Lincoln Park Zoo Curator of Primates Maureen Leahy. “He is the third offspring – all sons – for the mother Burma and father Caruso.” Lincoln Park Zoo is significantly involved in ape conservation efforts in the wild to help secure a long term future for endangered apes.

“Sai has been transforming right before my eyes over the last 3 months,” said Leahy. “His hair is beginning to darken in color, his baby teeth have grown in – he’s got an impressive set of choppers – and he’s already starting to venture an arm’s length away from his mother, reaching out to test his long arms on hanging vines,” said Leahy. Check out the chompers on this little guy below!

Photo credits: #1 and #2 John Kortas, #3 Anita Yantz, #4 Lisa Rank (below)

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Lincoln Park Zoo’s Newest Swinging Sensation

January 10, 2011

Gibbon, Lincoln Park Zoo, Primate

There is a lot of oohing and aahing at Lincoln Park Zoo’s primate house. A critically endangered White-Cheeked Gibbon gave birth to a healthy infant on Jan 6. Curator of Primates Maureen Leahy reported, “The parents are doing great and the infant is a good size with a tight grip and has been seen nursing.” The infant has yet to be sexed or named.

This is the third offspring for mother Burma and father Caruso. White-cheeked gibbons are believed to pair bond for life, and can have offspring every 2-3 years after a 7-8-month gestation period.

Photo credits: Top two photos, Anita Yantz

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Back-to-Back Beginnings at Blackpool Zoo

July 1, 2010

Blackpool Zoo, Gibbon, Gorilla, Primate

We have been sitting on some great news from the UK's Blackpool Zoo. On May 7th, the zoo's Western Lowland Gorilla 'Miliki' gave birth to a bouncing baby boy! This exciting news came just one day after the birth of a Pileated Gibbon. Both species are endangered in the wild, and so these births are significant to worldwide conservation efforts, as well as to Blackpool Zoo.

Photo Credits: Blackpool Zoo
Cincinnati’s Yoda Baby

May 5, 2010

Cincinnati Zoo, Gibbon

Well, he's really a White-Handed Gibbon. Photographer Paul Becker captured these shots last week while visiting the Cincinnati Zoo. The two-month-old Gibbon is named Possum. In the wild, White-Handed Gibbons (Lar Gibbons) are threatened by poaching for bushmeat and capture for the pet trade. The largest danger, however, is the loss of habitat in their native Southeast Asia. Incidentally, any experts out there know what species Yoda is, technically?

Photo Credits: Paul Becker taken at Cincinnati Zoo
Our Favorite Parachute-Pants-Wearing Gibbon Revisited

May 4, 2010

Gibbon, Monkey, Schwerin Zoo

While he may have lost his parachute pants, Walli the White-Cheeked Gibbon is growing up and favoring a more sophisticated setting. In these bold photographs by the Life On White team, we get a look at the now 5-month-old baby baller at his most refined. Born last November at Schwerin Zoo, Walli is a true ambassador for this critically endangered species.

Photo Credits: Life on White
We Keep Gibbon You The Best!

February 3, 2010

Gibbon

A baby gibbon sits on a swing in its enclosure in Vienna's Schoenbrunn zoo, in this photograph released by the zoo on February 3, 2010. The gibbon, born on September 23, 2009, has yet to be sexed and named. Any suggestions? Picture taken January 4, 2010.

REUTERS/Vienna Zoo/Norbert Potensky/Handout
Baby Gibbon Clings to Stuffed Ape

January 22, 2010

Gibbon, Primate, Twycross Zoo

A hand-reared baby White-handed Gibbon at the UK's Twycross Zoo, snuggles up to a stuffed animal before bed. In the wild, these endangered gibbons suffer from widespread deforestation as well as poaching and capture for the pet trade.
Minnesota Zoo Hand-Rears a Baby Gibbon

January 21, 2010

Gibbon, Minnesota Zoo, Primate

The Minnesota Zoo’s three week old White-Cheeked Gibbon infant is doing well despite being rejected by her mom. The Zoo is celebrating her progress by releasing behind-the-scenes footage from a recent feeding session. Just like human babies, baby gibbons are completely dependent on mom in the early months of life so zoo staff are working around the clock to hand-rear the little girl. The new baby gibbon will not be on exhibit for several months to ensure proper feeding, rest, and care.

Apparently baby gibbons sound like R2D2!

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Happy Thanksgibbon

November 26, 2009

Gibbon, Monkey, Primate, Schwerin Zoo

Three-week-old White-Cheeked Gibbon baby 'Walli' drinks bottled milk in the arms of surrogate mother Christina Schneider at the Schwerin Zoo in Germany yesterday, November 25th. The baby was not accepted by its mother and therefore has to be raised by hand. 'Walli' has to be fed every two hours. The hand raising will take about six months.

Photo credits: Jens Buettner / European Pressphoto
Baby White-Cheeked Gibbon Along for the Ride

August 19, 2009

Brookfield Zoo, Gibbon, Primate

Gibbons are the trapeze artists of the primate world, spending their lives almost exclusively swinging in the tree tops. This tiny White-Cheeked Gibbon was born April 3rd at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo and still spends most of his time clinging tightly to mom, 21 year old Indah.

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