New addition to Amazonia family at Strathclyde Park is named after Queen singer Freddie
dailyrecord.co.ukGet the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.There’s a kind of magic surrounding a new addition to the team of animals at Amazonia visitor attraction in Strathclyde Park.The indoor tropical rainforest, the only one in Scotland, welcomed a new baby Goeldi’s Monkey into its family.It’s the first birth of an animal there for over a decade, with the last in 2009.The newborn has been named Mercury by staff at Amazonia after coming into the world on the same day as Queen singer Freddie Mercury.
As yet staff don’t know if Mercury is male or female as it’s crucial they don’t intervene with parental care until the baby monkey is weaned for its first few months.Goeldi’s monkeys are a small primate native to.
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