Monkey Mums at Trentham Monkey Forest were celebrated on Mother’s Day as our conservationists at the Staffordshire forest treated them with roses for them to eat (not put in a vase)!<\/p>\n
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Within each group are several families, with up to FIVE generations (so yes, the park gave a flower to one of their great-great GRANDMOTHERS)<\/p>\n
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The diet of a Barbary macaque includes over 200 different plant species, so they ABSOLUTELY LOVED being given this Mother’s Day treat – as they devoured the flower completely – so really they are more like chocolates to our cheeky monkeys.<\/p>\n
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The 60-acre forest has 140 monkey occupants, meaning there are many mums among the 3 troops who reside\u00a0within the Trentham woodland.<\/p>\n
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Every year, the park hopes for between 6-10 babies to maintain a healthy number and prolong the existence of the\u00a0endangered species that struggle so hard in the wild.<\/p>\n
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There are currently less than 8,000 Barbary macaques and the wild population has decreased by over 50% in the last 40 years.<\/p>\n
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Last year, Trentham Monkey Forest welcomed 6 baby monkeys into the world and hopes to see more arrive this year, during the late Spring \/ early Summer.<\/p>\n
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The babies learn the way of the Barbary macaque very quickly, as the monkeys act exactly how they would in the wild at the Stoke-on-Trent attraction. The primates are free to roam and have enough space and next to no human interaction to display their fascinating wild behaviours – so as such demolish roses if given the chance!<\/p>\n
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If you’d like to visit the new babies and their monkey mama’s this year, you can book to visit and walk amongst them at www.monkey-forest.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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