{"id":697062,"date":"2026-06-11T04:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/697062\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T04:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:48:08","slug":"zoo-praises-baboons-for-cooperation-after-tree-limb-fell-into-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/697062\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoo praises baboons for cooperation after tree limb fell into habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rochester, N.Y. \u2014 The Seneca Park Zoo is highlighting a behavioral training success story, commending its staff and baboons for their actions after a large tree limb fell into a habitat earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The incident Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/seneca-park-zoo-visitors-evacuated-after-tree-limb-falls-on-baboon-habitat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">prompted a brief hold-in-place and evacuation of the zoo<\/a>, which closed early. The fallen limb damaged part of the protective netting above the exhibit, but no people or animals were hurt. <\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/branches-limbs-trees-falling-taking-tumbles-amid-wet-spring-rochester-rain-prevention-abrorist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Branches, limbs, trees taking tumbles amid wet spring<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The zoo said two male baboons actually went to the staff and voluntarily presented their hips to be sedated when the incident was unfolding. The zoo said this is a response to cues they have practiced in the past through behavioral training.<\/p>\n<p>The story here isn&#8217;t about a fallen tree,&#8221; the zoo said. &#8220;It&#8217;s about trust, care, and the extraordinary relationships that make conservation care possible.Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (6)<\/p>\n<p>The zoo previously said the baboons will not return to their habitat until the netting is repaired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rochester, N.Y. \u2014 The Seneca Park Zoo is highlighting a behavioral training success story, commending its staff and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-697062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}