July 2008. Two species of gibbon have access to this enclosure and an outdoor island. Siamangs and white-handed gibbons are the apes that make their home here.
July 2008. Two species of gibbon have access to this enclosure and an outdoor island. Siamangs and white-handed gibbons are the apes that make their home here.
Are the siamangs and white handed gibbons together. I always thought siamangs were too rough to be kept with anything smaller than thwemselves and that is why they are often kept with Orang-utans.
Are the siamangs and white handed gibbons together. I always thought siamangs were too rough to be kept with anything smaller than thwemselves and that is why they are often kept with Orang-utans.
How does the rotation policy work for the two gibbon species? Do they each spend a few hours on the island and then the rest of the time indoors? Also, what happens at night?
When they are exhibited, each species gets every other day on the island, while the other species is in this exhibit. I'm not sure about night but I think the island species gets the indoor exhibit and the species that was indoors gets the island "prep" rooms, off exhibit - so they can be let out to the island immediately in the morning.
