Can you just make out the little eyes in the gibbon's hair? It has also got its tiny feet and an elbow sticking out as well. As the mom Meo climbs down from the rope and walks across the enclosure, she shows off her new spring baby to the public and they are ecstatic seeing the baby for the first time. The little one is clinging to mom’s chest and you can see its big beautiful brown eyes with long lashes as she is holding her offspring tight to her chest. Her hungry baby is looking for mum's teat to suckle. Having a couple of failed attempts, it finally finds one and starts suckling. When it gets too cold outside, mom goes back into the inside enclosure where you can see the baby in mum's arms. It’s a little face looking around. When it moves you can see the fascinating long fingers. The baby was born this year on the 14th of March 2018 to mum Meo and dad Huggy and is yet to be named as the gender is unknown, but if you watch closely you might get an idea! :-).
Their other offspring are six-year-old Penny and three-year-old Indah. The Lar gibbons are also known as the white-handed gibbon or just Common Gibbon and are an endangered species threatened in different ways like being hunted for their meat or as a pet trade, but mostly it is habitat loss.
Update: The little one has just been named and it's called Gary.
