A gibbon who lived alone in her cage had a baby. Japanese zookeepers finally know how

The mystery of how a gibbon who lived alone had a baby has finally been solved

Zookeepers at a Japan zoo might have finally cracked th mystery behind a gibbon who became pregnant despite living alone in her cage. Two years later, the baby gibbon's DNA has been used to identify the father and the zookeepers have also evolved a theory about how the two gibbons mated.  Momo is a 12-year-old white-handed gibbon who lives at the Kujukushima Zoo and Botanical Garden in Nagasaki. She shocked zookeepers in February 2021 by giving…

Zookeepers worked out how gibbon kept alone had a baby

apanese zookeepers believe they have solved the mystery of how a gibbon became pregnant despite living alone in her cage.

A gibbon who lived alone in her cage had a baby. Zookeepers finally know how

Momo, a 12-year-old gibbon, shocked her keepers at a zoo in Nagasaki when she gave birth despite having no known male companionship. Now they have worked out who the father is.

A gibbon who lived alone in her cage had a baby. Japanese zookeepers finally know how

Japanese zookeepers believe they have solved the mystery of how a gibbon became pregnant despite living alone in her cage.

Zookeepers worked out how gibbon kept alone had a baby

Japanese zookeepers believe they have solved the mystery of how a gibbon became pregnant despite living alone in her cage.Momo, a 12-year-old white-handed gibbon, shocked her keepers at the Kujukushima Zoo and Botanical Garden in Nagasaki in February 2021 when she gave birth despite having no male companionship.Now two years later, following a DNA test on her baby, the zoo has worked out who the father is - and even has a theory about how the gi…

Mystery solved: little ape in isolation had a baby, carers now know how that was possible

Zookeepers at a Japanese zoo believe they have found out how one of their gibbons, a type of little ape, got pregnant despite living alone in her cage.