Akron Zoo's White-Cheeked Gibbon Is Pregnant

Northern white-cheeked gibbon  portrait

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Handlers at the Akron Zoo say their female white-cheeked gibbon named Parker is pregnant.

This will be the second baby for Parker who is expected to give birth in July.

According to the zoo, white-cheeked gibbons are critically endangered.

The Akron Zoo participates in the Gibbon Species Survival Plan which works to establish a genetically-diverse population of gibbons in accredited zoos.


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