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A cute and curious cotton-top tamarin monkey which bears an uncanny resemblance to the late German theoretical physicist Albert Einstein was welcomed to Roev Ruchei Zoo in Krasnoyarsk on October 26 and he's been winning hearts ever since. With around 6,000 cotton-top tamarins left worldwide, the species is critically endangered and one of the rarest primates on earth.
The Zoo of Copenhagen has released footage of a baby elephant which was born last week in captivity as part of a European breeding program for Asian elephants. The mother is 16 year old Maha Kumari and the fathers name is Fahim. The name and gender of the baby elephant aren't known yet. Calves weight in beetween 70 and 90kg at birth after spending 22 months in their mothers wombs, the longest gestation in the animal kindom. Elephant births in zoos are relatively rare with a total number of 18 worldwide in 2023 IMAGES
Crates containing two endangered giant pandas are loaded onto a plane as they return to China after 12 years in the United Kingdom at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. It had been hoped female panda Tian Tian ("Sweetie") and male Yang Guang ("Sunshine") would breed while at the zoo, but they did not produce a cub. The pair are flying back to Chengdu where they will live at a wildlife sanctuary. IMAGES
France and PSG football star Kylian Mbappé and Chinese Olympic diving champion Zhang Jiaqiis are at Beauval Zoo to help in the unveiling of twin pandas Yuandudu ("Little Snow") and Huanlili ("Cotton Flower"), born on August 2. IMAGES
Guadalajara, Oct 9 (EFE).- Four endangered bengal tiger cubs have become the center of attraction for human visitors at the Guadalajara Zoo.Nadya Herran, a veterinarian and caretaker of the tigers, explained that the cubs, two males and two females, now weigh 12 kilos and were born in July 2021. (Camera: JOSE LUIS GONZÁLEZ).SHOT LIST: BENGAL TIGER CUBS (PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS), ARE SEEN AT THE GUADALAJARA ZOO, JALISCO STATE, MEXICO.