Meet Remy – the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium's newest addition. FOX13
Remy the Siamang is making his debut at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Remy, a 6-year-old siamang born at the Los Angeles Zoo, will be a companion for Dudlee, the zoo's first female Siamang.Remy who is a 6-year-old siamang is making his debut at the Tacoma zoo this weekend and will be a companion for Dudlee, the zoo's female siamang who lost her long-term companion Cho Cho to old age. Cho Cho died at 54 years old and he was the oldest siamang on record in the United States.
"With Remy’s arrival, Dudlee is showing him the ropes ," says Assistant Curator Erin. "Dudlee is making sure Remy respects the hierarchy that siamangs have within their pairs," she says. It’s typical for females to be the more dominant ones among siamangs.Siamangs are the largest species of gibbon in the primate family and are endangered.
For visitors who want to see Remy and Dudlee in their habitats and talk with keepers who care for them can find
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