1.102023 by Pat Waldron
Opened in 1963, Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire is home to over 150 different species and covers an area of 80 acres. In 2006, it relaunched itself as ‘Twycross Zoo – The World Primate Centre’ and held the largest collection of monkeys & apes in the Western World.
It was the only zoo in the UK to exhibit four types of great ape, Gorillas, Orangutan, Chimpanzee and Bonobos.
This orangutan was having a snack and after the light meal a comfortable hammock was waiting.
A member of the younger generation of orangutans
Chimpanzee having a lunch break
A young chimp checking mama’s hairdo
Bonobo mama with her baby
Male Gibbons are dark in colour and females are grey with a black chest and head.
Agile gibbons
Pileated gibbon mama with her baby
Black headed spider monkeys
Dusky Langur
L’Hoest Monkey
The De Brazza Monkey
This monkey drinks water using it’s tail. It dipped the tail in the water tank then sucked the tail. You can see this in the short video.
This zoo is also home to Sumatran Tigers, Amur Leopards, Snow Leopards, Eastern Black Rhino, Giraffe and Zebra to name but a few.
A tired snow leopard
Dik Dik
Vicunja baby
The colourful rainbow lorikeets
Dear Pat,
that is an impressive population of the different species of monkeys! I especially love the gibbons, they have such an interesting way of walking sideways and shimmying through the branches of the trees.
Unfortunately the video with the monkey and its interesting way of drinking water is not available.
A similar behaviour can sometimes be seen in cats, who dip their little paw in the water and then lick the drops off the paw.
Thank you for the beautiful photos and best regards!
Britta-Gudrun
Thank you very much dear Mervi and Pat.
Best wishes to all the animals in Twycross Zoo.
Dear Pat!
I too am amazed how many different monkeys and little apes live in this zoo and can imagine that you can spend a lot of time observing them. I find bonobos pretty and gibbons very elegant, but I have no particular favourites among them. I like almost all the monkeys and apes…., and also find the Kirk Dik Diks very cute and snow leopards beautiful.
Thank you for introducing us to Twycross Zoo with many beautiful photos.
Hugs
Anke
Dear Pat!
Thank you for the introducing to us the Twycross Zoo. The monkeys look very happy.
Hugs
Ludmila