The Bronx Zoo has a new baby mandrill named... Gertrude? (We would have gone with Barbara.) She made her debut over the weekend, and animal curator Pat Thomas told the Daily News, "She's inquisitive about just about everything. Everything is worth exploring and learning about at this stage. [However] she does stay nearby her mom." Don't expect to see Gertrude out exploring today, however—she won't be out in the rain.
The mandrills are part of a Species Survival Plan, that brings animals in danger of extinction to zoos for breeding. Gertrude is the offspring of Louise and Mapema, and there is one other adult female, Valerie, who may have also caught Mapema's eye!
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