Dee Dee is delighted with her new year's gift. According to Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, the park's rare Bornean orangutan Dee Dee gave birth to a baby ape on Jan. 6. The new arrival weighed only 3 lbs. at birth, but she is big news for orangutan conservationists. Bornean orangutans are endangered, with less than 100 living in accredited institutions across North America, and not many more living out in the wild. "This is a significant birth for the entire critically endangered Bornean orangutan popu...
Dee Dee is delighted with her new year's gift. According to Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, the park's rare Bornean orangutan Dee Dee gave birth to a baby ape on Jan. 6. The new arrival weighed only 3 lbs. at birth, but she is big news for orangutan conservationists. Bornean orangutans are endangered, with less than 100 living in accredited institutions across North America, and not many more living out in the wild. "This is a significant birth for the entire critically endangered Bornean orangutan popu...
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