Chester Zoo Sumatran orang utan born!

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Great news, check the Chester Zoo website! Emma (sumatran orang utan) gave birth to a healthy baby. The keepers didn`t know she was pregnant.
 
Fantastic news! :)

The first birth in the new exhibit as well (unless there were DNS that weren't mentioned...)
 
Wow! That was out of the blue!

Great news though, and lets hope there's a Bornian birth before too long.
 
This could be a fantastic year for the RoRA! The advertishing speaks for itself!
 
Good news for the first year of Realm of the Red Ape! The Sumatran breeding group seems stable and reproducing.

Why though is not the Bornean group in good shape breeding wise? Any elaboration from our Chester watchdog team? :D
 
Jelle, Chester spent most of last year without a Bornean male. He has only came out of quarantine in the last few months. Sibu (another bornean male) is also returning, but his breeding potential is questionable...
 
Breeding of Bornean Orang Utans was purposely halted while ROTRA was under construction. Now that it is finished and there are two males, I'm sure it will not be long before baby Borneans can be seen. Don't know if the gibbons are a breeding pair though. Does anyone else?
 
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THe gibbons are a breeding pair and there two youngsters! Its possible there could be more gibbon babies. Plus the added option of having the youngsters grown up in the presense of orangutans will be good for the future.
 
bongorob said:
Breeding of Bornean Orang Utans was purposely halted while ROTRA was under construction. Now that it is finished and there are two males, I'm sure it will not be long before baby Borneans can be seen. Don't know if the gibbons are a breeding pair though. Does anyone else?
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I think the breeding was stopped because the end of the old house which is closest to RoRA used to be the Bornean indoor quarters. I guess the zoo thought that the noise from the large construction would frighten the mothers or babies... (just a hypothesis mind you, I'm not sure of the exact reason)

As for gibbons, I'd love to see some baby Lars!

Another thing, on my last few visits I've noticed that the gibbons and orangs seem to have been kept seperate. (Gibbons in the last indoor area, Orangs in the middle one, nothing in the first one) Any reason for this seperation, or have I just seen them at bad times?
 
CZJimmy said:
Another thing, on my last few visits I've noticed that the gibbons and orangs seem to have been kept seperate. (Gibbons in the last indoor area, Orangs in the middle one, nothing in the first one) Any reason for this seperation, or have I just seen them at bad times?
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I have only seen them together! Our you sure they were seperated? Because that place has so many corridors you could get lost in it!

The first area as been closed off to see if they can get the planting to withstand the orangutan destructive nature. I hope they suceed because it looks great with itall plant up. Although i suppose it provides additional enrichement for them
 
No they were definately seperated. The gibbons seemed to have access to the outside area closest to the aquarium and the Orangs had access to the outdoor area at the rear.

I may have just caught them just after feeding time though, as the keepers do seperate them due to the diets...
 
2 weeks ago, but I've seen them like this on a couple of previous visits.

I tend to visit the realm as early as possible (10:15AM) or late in the day to avoid the crowds. I guess this is shortly after breakfast and dinner.
 
On 17.2.08, I saw The lar Gibbons in the Outdoor area to the rear. I only saw two orangs asleep under a sack (Mother and baby). The Orangs were in the second indoor area along. I presume that the others were out and about...

I disagree with you Jimmy, They are probably not permanently separated, It may just have been a one off.
 
Writhedhornbill said:
The gibbons are a breeding pair and their two sons.
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Chester Lar Gibbons are as you say a pair and their 2 male offspring,they came from Chessington were i believe all 3 males had the snip so breeding is out of the question,as far as i understand they got them to gain experience with a none endangered species of Gibbon before getting something a bit more intresting.
 
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