Monarto also recently celebrated the arrival of two infant chimps, marking a vital achievement for Chimpanzee conservation and the wider Australasian breeding program.īy purchasing a ticket to our Meet the Chimps experience, you are helping us continue our vital conservation work to help ensure these curious creatures stay a swing ahead of extinction. We work to help save chimps from extinction through involvement in international breeding programs and providing conservation support to both the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone and the Jane Goodall Institute Australia. They are also hunted for bushmeat and captured for the illegal wildlife trade, where young chimps are sold as pets or for entertainment. The major threat they face is habitat loss due to logging, mining for minerals like coltan that is found in electronic devices, palm oil plantations, susceptibility to human disease and population growth. How your ticket helps our conservation effortsĬhimpanzees are highly endangered with as few as between 170,000 and 300,000 remaining in the wild. Assist our keepers in preparing stimulating enrichment itemsĬhimpanzees are our closest living relative, sharing approximately 98.7% of our DNA.Ĭhimpanzees can show a wide range of emotions including fear by screaming when scared, hugging for comfort and smiling or laughing when happy.Please note the minimum age for this experience is 12 years. The zoo’s primate care team says the baby appears to be.
Her mother, 18-year-old Utamu, gave birth Wednesday, October 28 around 3:30 a.m. You’ll leave with awesome insights and a greater appreciation for these incredible primates. The baby chimpanzee, a female, doesn’t have a name yet. Help the keepers prepare delicious and engaging enrichment items for the troop and observe the chimps’ fascinating training program. Meet our dedicated Chimpanzee keepers and learn all about each of our chimp’s individual personalities. Go behind the scenes and say hello to our closest living relatives. Zookeepers introduced baby chimpanzee Maisie to her new foster troop at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore on October 27, newly released video shows.Maisie was born at the Oklahoma City Zoo on August 28, to a 12-year-old first-time mother who was deemed unable to care for her properly, according to a press release from the Maryland Zoo. Say hello to our closest cousin in the animal kingdom If you would like to be the first to know when our animal experiences are available to book again subscribe to our newsletter here. Due to COVID-19 case numbers and restrictions in SA, Meet the Chimps has been suspended.