Now, I think, an new gibbon has moved in to the Island. Hylobates leucogenys. Its that corect Jodea ?
On the Parken Zoo website , Lar gibbon and Fishing cat its not gone from the animal list. Why Jodea?
I have no idea why they haven't taken away the Fishing cats from the website, as they have been gone for several months now. Probably the something the webmaster have missed.
Two of the lar gibbons (the parents of the former family) is still left at Parken Zoo though the new northern white-cheeked gibbons arrived this summer. The lar gibbon pair use this outdoor islands (as long as the weather allows it) and some off-display area while the white-cheeked brothers have access to the indoor exhibit. The new white-cheeked gibbons (Hylobatus leucogenys) will in the future replace the lar gibbons (Hylobates lar) when they have died (no meaning to move them as they are very old, both of them around 35 years).
What I think is great about this exhibit is that it allows the gibbons to climb really high. There are two pines on the island closest on this picture. Those are at least 20 m (maybe more) high and the gibbons may climb all the way up to the treetops thanks to a rope network. Fortune that none of them are afraid of heights
