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Frankfurt / Main (dpa / lhe) - The primates in the Frankfurt Zoo have offspring three times.
A white-cheeked crested gibbon was born on January 15 and only a few days later there were two bonobo births, a zoo spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
After the first cub of the female gibbon "Elliot" died shortly after it was born last spring, things are currently looking good.
"Elliot" takes very good care of the as yet nameless little one, who, clinging to her stomach, is already very attentive to his surroundings, it said.
The offspring of the bonobos appeared on January 30th and February 6th.
The mother of the first young is 13-year-old «Hanna», who came to Frankfurt from Milwaukee in the USA in 2018.
The little one, whose sex is not yet known, is their first cub.
The 19-year-old “Mixi”, who has now given birth to her third child, has more experience with young monkeys.
She was an experienced and relaxed mother, it was said.
The sex of the young is not yet known and the father cannot be clearly identified in the bonobos either.
"The fact that a new genetic line is now represented in Europe thanks to Hanna and her young is very important for building and maintaining a long-term stable and genetically diverse bonobo population in zoos," said zoo director Miguel Casares.
In their home in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, bonobos are considered a highly endangered species.
The world's first breeding was achieved in the Frankfurt Zoo in 1962.
Since then, 42 bonobos have been born here.
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Because of the corona protective measures, the Frankfurt Zoo is closed to visitors.
The ape house had also remained closed to the public during the summer when a limited number of visitors were allowed on the site.
It was also about protecting animals from possible infection - after all, great apes are genetically most closely related to humans.
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