Roux, a baby Sumatran orangutan, was born on Christmas Eve 2021 at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans and has been getting round-the-clock care.
The infant was born on Christmas Eve 2021 at the Audubon Zoo and has been getting round-the-clock care since a few days after his birth because Menari, a first-time mother, wasn’t producing enough milk.
The zoo's orangutan care team narrowed their selection of names to three — Rudy, Roux and Maymuun — and asked the public to vote on the winner. The great apes with long red hair are considered critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Threats to the Sumatran species include hunting and the destruction of the forests and peat swamps of the Indonesian island where they spend nearly all their time in trees.
Since then the infant has had round-the-clock care from zoo staffers wearing furry vests that the baby can cling to. He was being bottle-fed and tube-fed as well, but the tube was removed on Jan. 13. Until the feeding tube was removed, their duties included making sure he didn’t pick or pull at the thin tube inserted through his nose."Roux continues to gain weight and has begun daily visual introductions with the rest of the orangutan group at the Zoo," the staff.
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