Chester Zoo welcomes super-rare and super-cute baby 'dancing lemur'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukOne of the world’s rarest primates has given birth to a lemur at Chester Zoo. The new 120 gram (4.2oz) arrival is a critically-endangered Coquerel’s sifaka lemur.
It was born to mum Beatrice, 11, and dad Elliot, 10. After a five-month pregnancy, the baby lemur is now three months old, with Zoo bosses keeping the arrival’s news under wraps as the youngster bonded with its mum.
She has begun to explore her world more recently, the Zoo has said. READ MORE: The 'gorgeous' spa retreat 'unlike any other' lavished with five star reviews READ MORE: We went to the massive indoor waterpark with tropical temperatures an hour from Manchester and the kids didn't want to leave “The bright-eyed baby has spent the first few months bonding with mum and clinging tightly to her fur as she leaps from tree to tree,” Chester Zoo said in a statement. “Now three months old, the baby is becoming more independent and has begun to branch out and explore its habitat.” Sifakas are nicknamed the ‘dancing lemur’ because of the unique way that it moves, the Zoo added.
The lemurs, native to northern Madagascar, stand perfectly upright while using their powerful legs to spring side to side along the floor — and they can leap more than six metres (20ft) through the treetops in a single jump.
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