Photo Gallery: Cuteness overload at the L.A. Zoo with new baby Mandrill monkeys
One of two baby Mandrill monkeys that were recently born at the L.A. Zoo, cuddles with its mother on Tuesday morning, Sept. 26, 2017. The baby monkeys were born August 3 and August 17 to different mothers form the same father. According to a press release, the first-time mothers came from Parc Zoologique de La Palmyre in France in April 2016 to be paired with first-time father, six-year old Jabari, as part of a Species Survival Program to strengthen the gene pool of this vulnerable species.” Additionally, the press release mentioned that “This is a very new breeding group of mandrills that ha only been together for about a year, so we’re incredibly happy with how well things are going so far,” said L’Oreal Dunn, animal keeper at the Los Angeles Zoo. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
One of two baby Mandrill monkeys that were recently born at the L.A. Zoo, cuddles with its mother on Tuesday morning, Sept. 26, 2017. The baby monkeys were born August 3 and August 17 to different mothers form the same father. According to a press release, the first-time mothers came from Parc Zoologique de La Palmyre in France in April 2016 to be paired with first-time father, six-year old Jabari, as part of a Species Survival Program to strengthen the gene pool of this vulnerable species.” Additionally, the press release mentioned that “This is a very new breeding group of mandrills that ha only been together for about a year, so we’re incredibly happy with how well things are going so far,” said L’Oreal Dunn, animal keeper at the Los Angeles Zoo. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
One of two baby Mandrill monkeys that were recently born at the L.A. Zoo, roams around free from its mother on Tuesday morning, Sept. 26, 2017. The baby monkeys were born August 3 and August 17 to different mothers form the same father. According to a press release, the first-time mothers came from Parc Zoologique de La Palmyre in France in April 2016 to be paired with first-time father, six-year old Jabari, as part of a Species Survival Program to strengthen the gene pool of this vulnerable species.” Additionally, the press release mentioned that “This is a very new breeding group of mandrills that ha only been together for about a year, so we’re incredibly happy with how well things are going so far,” said L’Oreal Dunn, animal keeper at the Los Angeles Zoo. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
One of two baby Mandrill monkeys that were recently born at the L.A. Zoo, cuddles with its mother on Tuesday morning, Sept. 26, 2017. The baby monkeys were born August 3 and August 17 to different mothers form the same father. According to a press release, the first-time mothers came from Parc Zoologique de La Palmyre in France in April 2016 to be paired with first-time father, six-year old Jabari, as part of a Species Survival Program to strengthen the gene pool of this vulnerable species.” Additionally, the press release mentioned that “This is a very new breeding group of mandrills that ha only been together for about a year, so we’re incredibly happy with how well things are going so far,” said L’Oreal Dunn, animal keeper at the Los Angeles Zoo. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)