On my most recent visit to the Los Angeles Zoo, spring was in the air, everywhere. In the Children's Zoo nursery, I was delighted to see 3 newborn Giant Otters, 2.1., recently arrived on March 21. And making my way outside to the hoofstock yard, two very young Peninsular Pronghorns awaited me. Along with the usual residents; Gerenuks, Red-flanked Duikers, a Steenbok and a Speke's Gazelle.
Walking through the Red Ape Rain Forest, I overheard the conversation between a volunteer and several biology students concerning several recent primate births. One he mentioned in particular, was a one week old newborn Chimpanzee, which could be found in the Penthouse upper section of their habitat with its mother. Making my way to Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains, I was unable to make a sighting. But I did notice several other newborn primate youngsters, like, Coquerel's Sifaka and a Buff-cheeked Gibbon.
The Prevost's Squirrels are now on exhibit, and Rainforest of the Americas is going up at a rapid pace. The project appears to be right on schedule. And with our relatively mild temperatures, the animals were quite active, as you'll see in many of the photographs I'll be uploading.
