A Valentine's Day baby!
3 April 2018
On Valentine's Day itself, we welcomed a new arrival among the critically endangered white-cheeked gibbons. It's Malou and Trom who have become parents for the third time. The family also includes older siblings Mohio, 6 years old, and Spike, 3 years old. Malou is a very calm and confident mother and will happily come forward to show off her offspring, who are still clinging to her belly all the time. In white-cheeked gibbons, the females are light in colour, while the males are black. All young are born with a distinctwhich are the same as the female's, so they can easily blend into her fur and thus avoid danger. When they are around a year old, their fur turns black, and then changes colour again, if they are females, when they reach sexual maturity. Gibbons are known for their amazing ability to climb and swing through trees. Unfortunately, they are severely affected by deforestation, primarily due to the high demand for palm oil, something that we in Sweden are also major consumers of. To find out what you yourself can do to help, Check this out!
