The Jacksonville Zoo announced Wednesday the anticipated birth of Kimia the Bonobo’s baby. This will be the zoo’s first bonobo birth in more than 10 years.<\/p>\n
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Jacksonville Zoo & Botanical Gardens shared exciting news Wednesday for one of its animals: Kimia the bonobo is healthy and is approaching her expected birth window.<\/p>\n
The Zoo\u2019s Animal Care and Veterinary teams are closely monitoring Kimia and ensuring she remains comfortable as they await the arrival of her baby bonobo.<\/p>\n
First announced in June, Kimia\u2019s pregnancy marks an exciting milestone for the zoo. Throughout her pregnancy, Kimia has been able to choose between indoor and outdoor spaces based on her comfort.<\/p>\n
Bonobos are native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and have a pregnancy period of about eight months. They are classified as an endangered species.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson with the Jacksonville Zoo said in a statement, “We\u2019re grateful to share Kimia\u2019s pregnancy journey with you and look forward to sharing the next chapter when her baby arrives. We can\u2019t wait to introduce the newest member of the Zoo\u2019s bonobo family!”<\/p>\n
The upcoming birth for Kimia will be the zoo\u2019s first bonobo birth in more than 10 years, making it an important moment for both the zoo and bonobo family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jacksonville Zoo announced Wednesday the anticipated birth of Kimia the Bonobo’s baby. This will be the zoo’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-427899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}