Endangered orangutan gives birth at Audubon Zoo

The wait is over, as Audubon Zoo’s critically endangered Sumatran orangutan, Menari, gave birth to a healthy male on Friday.
The highly-anticipated arrival of the baby primate was bittersweet as the first-time mother ape gave birth to twins and unfortunately the second infant did not survive.
A female orangutan named Madu was born at the zoo on Feb. 28.
There are currently fewer than 14,000 Sumatran orangutans living in the wild.
Menari and the surviving infant are being kept out of the public eye to allow the zoo’s veterinary and primate team to care for them.
According to a media release from the zoo, staff is monitoring the infant’s health closely, and he is said to be nursing very well.