Double Joy: Bhubaneswar’s Nandankanan Welcomes Infant Of Newly Arrived Stump-Head Monkey

Bhubaneswar: A stump-head monkey brought to Nanadankanan Zoological park, on the outskirts of the Odisha capital, from Aizwal under the animal exchange programme gave birth to a baby on Thursday.

According to sources, three couples of rare stump-head monkeys were brought to the zoo from Aizwal zoological park, Mizoram, on February 7.

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All three couples were kept in the quarantine centre since their arrival in the zoo and a female among them gave birth to a baby.

The infant is under special care, said a custodian of the enclosure.

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