Adala's baby is nine weeks old today. She is now able to leave her mother for short periods of time, although she always sticks close to her. Most of her time is now spent clinging to her mother's back.
She has been exploring her environment, and so her keepers have had to make some modifications to baby-proof the enclosure. Tiny lemurs can fit through tiny gaps, so the team have been covering any suspicious spaces with chicken wire.
Unfortunately Aprily's baby did not survive. He died of natural causes and all indications show that Aprily was being a very good mother to him. The whole team was saddened by the news; although losing animals is part of zoo work, it is always upsetting.
We take heart from the fact that Aprily was such a good mother, and we hope that some time in the future she will be able to have another baby.
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