News from the zoo Photo shoot: New arrivals in front of the lens
Young lion-headed marmoset moves from quarantine to the marmoset house - New male for capybara ladies - Ibex offspring arrived
The zoo invites you to a photo session tomorrow at 11am. Several motifs can be photographed: At last, "Logan" the young marmoset can show himself to visitors. The young male animal was collected personally by vet Dr Peggy Riedel from the Durrell Zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey. Since his arrival in the first week of March, the young animal has been in quarantine at Chemnitz Zoo and is now allowed to join his conspecifics. Until then, the new arrival has been under veterinary supervision and familiarised with lionhead monkey "Rosemary" (photo).
The ibexes at the zoo have only given birth once this year: born on 27 April, the male ibex was christened "Seppel" by his keepers. Unfortunately, Seppel is still without siblings. "But they shouldn't be too long in coming, as two more female ibex appear to be heavily pregnant," says vet Dr Peggy Riedel.
The South America enclosure also has a male addition: a fortnight ago, the still "half-grown" male capybara from Hanover moved into the enclosure with his female capybaras. He is still only half the size of the females. Over the next few days, the animal will slowly get used to living with the "ladies" under supervision. Until then, it will be allowed to make itself comfortable in a separate stable enclosure to acclimatise. Capybaras actually live in humid regions of South America. Capybaras are the largest living rodents on earth.
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