The Frankfurt Zoo is happy to have offspring. A mother of a finger gave birth to a young – the lemur species only very rarely reproduce.
Frankfurt – The Frankfurt Zoo * can look forward to a small miracle: The finger animals have offspring – and that is very rare.
The zoo announced on Thursday (November 25th, 2021) that a male cub of the exotic lemur species was born on October 26th from Madagascar.
Frankfurt Zoo is happy about rare offspring: “Low reproductive rate”
According to zoo curator Johannes Köhler, the aye-aye, also known as the aye-aye, has an “extremely low reproductive rate”. A female would only give birth to a single cub every two years. “It is all the more important that the youngsters develop well,” said Köhler.
The Frankfurt * Zoo thus houses a total of four finger animals, which are mainly characterized by the thin middle fingers with long claws and the distinctive eyes. According to the information, the lemur species only lives in freedom in Madagascar and is on the red list of critically endangered species. A finger animal was born in captivity for the first time in Germany in 2010 in the Frankfurt Zoo. (aa / dpa) * fnp.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
