The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans will be welcoming two additions to its family this winter in a species that wildlife groups consider critically endangered.
Menari, the zoo’s 12-year-old female Sumatran orangutan, is expecting twins whose father is Jambi, the zoo’s male orangutan, the zoo announced Thursday.
The births will be the first for Menari and they are expected sometime in December or January.
“We are very excited about this pregnancy,” said the zoo’s Senior Veterinarian Bob MacLean in a news release.
MacLean said that twinning is extremely rare in orangutans, with there being only about a 1% chance of it happening.
