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  • From: "Anna Barr" <annaebarr AT hotmail.com>
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  • Subject: [monkeywire] Chimps give Jerusalem zoo twin surprise
  • Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 20:14:46 -0700


http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/05/25/israel.chimpanzee.reut/index.html

Chimps give Jerusalem zoo twin surprise

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 Posted: 10:17 AM EDT (1417 GMT)

JERUSALEM, Israel (Reuters) -- Israeli zookeepers suspected some monkey business only after Maya, a 24-year-old chimpanzee, suddenly gave birth to twins despite an apparent lack of virile mates.

The happy event at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo caught everyone by surprise: nobody had noticed Maya was pregnant and Og and Gremlin, the only adult males among 11 chimps at the facility, were sterilized years ago, a zoo official said on Tuesday.

A search for the father found that a precocious seven-year-old chimp called Nicky had reached puberty early and was probably having the run of the primates' house.

"We have another eight fat female chimps who, as in Maya's case, we thought had gained weight by eating too much during the winter," said zoo official Sigalit Dvir.

"But it looks like we'll be seeing some more babies soon."





  • [monkeywire] Chimps give Jerusalem zoo twin surprise, Anna Barr, 05/25/2004

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