A baby squirrel monkey is joining its family in one of the enclosures at a Telford zoo.<\/p>\n
The new arrival, which was born at Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World in the summer, is an addition to the troop of eight which were brought in from a zoo in Kent last year.<\/p>\n
The zoo’s owner, Will Dorrell, said: “It’s always incredibly exciting when a new arrival joins us, but we wanted to give the baby time to grow and make sure everything was progressing well before announcing the news.”<\/p>\n
The zoo has not yet been able to determine the sex of the baby monkey, but said visitors will spot it clinging tightly to family members.<\/p>\n
Squirrel Monkeys are native to the tropical forests of Central and South America and face threats including habitat loss and capture for the illegal pet trade.<\/p>\n
The zoo said they usually live in social groups and spend much of their time moving through the trees in search of food.<\/p>\n
It said it hopes the newest arrival will boost awareness of the species and the importance of conservation.<\/p>\n
The zoo is preparing for an influx of visitors over half term, and Dorrell said: “The little one is doing well and can now be seen with the rest of the troop in their habitat.”<\/p>\n
He added: “It’s also a wonderful opportunity for guests to learn more about Squirrel Monkeys and the importance of protecting these fascinating animals and their natural rainforest habitats.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A baby squirrel monkey is joining its family in one of the enclosures at a Telford zoo. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-801335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801335","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=801335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}