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Image source, Chester Zoo<\/p>\nImage source, Chester Zoo<\/p>\n
Chester Zoo has been celebrating after the surprise birth of a rare coppery titi monkey.<\/p>\n
During early morning checks, keepers spotted the baby clinging tightly to one of its parents.<\/p>\n
It’s the first one to be born there since the zoo opened 94 years ago.<\/p>\n
Proud parents Scout and Ned arrived at the zoo in March and are part of an international conservation breeding programme.<\/p>\n
This new arrival marks a promising step for the future of the species.<\/p>\n
The baby is no bigger than a golf ball, but as time goes on it will grow to around 30cm tall with a tail almost as long.<\/p>\n
Holly Webb, one of the keepers on the zoo’s primate team said she was pleased to see the dad spending so much time with the baby. <\/p>\n
“One of the most fascinating things about titi monkeys is the way dads play such an active role in raising their young – it’s Ned who’s doing most of the carrying while Scout steps in to nurse and give him a rest”, she said.<\/p>\n
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Image source, Chester Zoo<\/p>\n
For now, the little one is staying close to its parents but in the coming weeks it will begin to explore on its own. <\/p>\n
That’s when staff at the zoo will be able to tell if it’s male or female – and choose the perfect name.<\/p>\n
How much do you know about Coppery titi monkeys?<\/p>\n
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Coppery titi monkeys live in the rainforests of South America where they play a very important role in keeping forests healthy by spreading seeds. <\/p>\n
They’re easy to recognise with their striking red fur, bushy tails and the strong bonds they form with a partner for life. <\/p>\n
They’re also famous for their loud dawn duets – a male and female calling together to mark their territory.<\/p>\n
Numbers in the wild have been falling as a result of deforestation, hunting, and the illegal pet trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image source, Chester Zoo Chester Zoo has been celebrating after the surprise birth of a rare coppery titi…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-162891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}