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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – The Henry Vilas Zoo is going on newborn watch later this month as orangutan Chelsea is anticipated to give start.
The zoo announced Thursday that Chelsea, a 31-year-aged critically endangered Bornean orangutan, will be offering her 2nd toddler.
Infant watch will start off on May well 22 and there is a window of quite a few months in which Chelsea could give beginning, spelled out zoo government director Ronda Schwetz.
“Bornean orangutans are one particular of the most endangered species in the earth,” Schwetz reported. “Our orangutans are important ambassadors who link our neighborhood to these animals in the wild and deliver a experience to the threats they come upon.”
The zoo’s animal care workforce are performing weekly ultrasounds on Chelsea and checking her pounds to enable ascertain the dimension of the fetus, which they mentioned is about the sizing of a papaya now.
Orangutan pregnancies are marginally shorter than human ones, in accordance to zoo personnel, and can even be detected like human ones using an above-the-counter pregnancy exam.
Henry Vilas Zoo will keep a child shower for Chelsea at 10:30 a.m. May perhaps 7. Attendees will be equipped to study a lot more about how zoo personnel are supporting Chelsea via her being pregnant and discover about Bornean orangutans. Chelsea will also obtain some toddler shower enrichment.
The zoo at the moment has a want record up on its website for child shower donations, like Pedialyte and teething toys.
“We usually welcome donations and have established up a would like record of things that will enable us give a secure and happy room for all of our orangutans,” Zoo Manager Laura Weiner explained.
Chelsea’s first boy or girl, Bob, lives at the Oregon Zoo. Bob and woman orangutan Kita also just welcomed a toddler in April.
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