India, Jan. 30 -- A female chimpanzee Durga (aged about seven years and four months) delivered a baby on Thursday morning at Nandankanan Zoo after around 238 days of gestation. The mother chimpanzee was sired by her male partner Julu, the zoo authorities informed.

Mating between the pair was recorded from May 26 to May 29, 2024, and from June 2 to June 6, 2024. With the birth of this baby, the total chimpanzee population at Nandankanan Zoological Park now stands at eight.

Durga and her baby are housed separately and are under round-the-clock monitoring.

Worth mentioning, an exotic primate enclosure was previously opened at the Nandankanan Zoological Park on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.

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