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Baby monkey boom at wildlife park

11:15, 03 April 2009

Simon Jeffery, the head of the primate section with the baby monkey
Simon Jeffery, the head of the primate section with the baby monkey

What kind of cuddly toy do you give a baby monkey?

A monkey of course!

That dilemma came up at Port Lympne after spring brought with it an influx of baby monkeys, including two Javan langurs, two colobus monkeys, a howler and a de brazza monkey. The little girl de brazza was given a cuddly toy monkey to hug at night and is being hand-reared by Simon Jeffery, the head of the primate section.

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