You're only young once. Just ask Kaja, a critically endangered Sumatran who celebrated his first ever birthday on Wednesday at the San Diego Zoo.
You're only young once. Just ask Kaja, a critically endangered Sumatran who celebrated his first EVER birthday on Wednesday at the San Diego Zoo.Sadly, Kaja never knew his father, Satu, a 26-year-old orangutan who died just before Christmas 2021.Get a weekly recap of the latest San Francisco Bay Area housing news.The zoo's favorite baby ginger spent his big day, like any good baby primate would, hanging out with his mom.
"To witness the birth of such a majestic critically endangered animal is a remarkable experience and brings us hope for the future," Erika Kohler, then the zoo's interim executive director, said at the time of Kaja's birth."His birth increases the population by one and that is a necessary step in our ongoing efforts to gain a deeper understanding of orangutans so we can conserve the species where they live.
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