One of my assignments is to be an "animal interpreter" for the Guests at Disney's Animal Kingdom. On Tuesday, February, 2, 2010 our white-cheeked gibbon gave birth. One of my animal stations is for the White-Cheeked Gibbons, so I have the pleasure of seeing them, and their newborn while I am working.
The official Disney statement is as follows:
Guests visiting Asia at Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park can get a glimpse of the latest addition to the park's family - a male white-cheeked gibbon that was born Feb. 2.
Mother Melaka and her baby, who hasn't been named yet, are doing well. Guests can see them and the baby's two sisters, Suki and Tuyen, in their habitat near Kali River Rapids.
White-cheeked gibbons, an endangered species mainly found Vietnam and China, produce offspring about once every two-to-three years after seven or eight months of gestation. Generally, females give birth to a single offspring. Infants have the ability to cling to their mothers immediately after birth, which allows females complete range of motion while moving about the forest with their offspring. Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park participates in a gibbon Species Survival Plan program coordinated by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. (c) Disney
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