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Key Facts: Twycross Zoo is the only zoo in the UK with a bonobo ape species. Bonobos are our closest living relatives. Bonobos are currently endangered in the wild due to habitat loss and the illegal bushmeat trade, with less than 20,000 left in the wild.
- Announcing the birth of a baby bonobo - Twycross Zoo
Announced ahead of World Bonobo Day (14 February), the new...
- Twycross Zoo welcomes endangered beautiful baby bonobo!
Twycross Zoo welcomes endangered beautiful baby bonobo! 28th...
- Announcing the birth of a baby bonobo - Twycross Zoo
Feb 11, 2022 · By Heather Burman. BBC News. A zoo has announced the birth of a bonobo, thought to be the first in the UK since 2019. Upendi - which means love in Swahili - was born at Twycross Zoo in...
Jan 17, 2023 · A zoo is celebrating the first birthday of what it believes is the first baby bonobo to be born in the UK since 2019. The male bonobo - named Upendi - was born to his mother Cheka in January...
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Oct 19, 2021 · The two groups of bonobos at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire, now have independent access to outside runs 24-hours-a-day. Twycross's apes are the only bonobos at a UK zoo. They are are...
Feb 11, 2022 · Endangered bonobo born at Twycross Zoo. 11 February 2022. By Heather Burman,BBC News. Twycross Zoo. Upendi was born to 25-year-old Cheka. A zoo has announced the birth of a bonobo,...
