Dublin Zoo is welcoming a new arrival to its Phoenix Park home.
A Goeldi’s monkey baby has been born, weighing approximately 30 grams.
The baby joins its parents and older sister, Yari, who is 10 months old.
Zookeeper Susan O’Brien said, “We’re delighted with the new addition. The baby is feeding very well on a diet of crickets, mealworms and waxworms. This may not sound so tasty to us humans, but the insects are fed a high-vitamin diet which in-turn gets passed onto the Goeldi – a perfect diet for a newborn.”
Goeldi’s monkeys blend into the forest so well that they were only first described in 1904. These dark-haired monkeys, from western regions of South America’s tropical rainforests, mainly feed on fruit, vegetables, insects and bird eggs.
