Shiwu at 1-month old in Yunnan. - China Daily/ANN
YUNNAN (China Daily/ANN): China's first artificially bred white-browed gibbon — an endangered species of fruit-eating ape — recently celebrated its first birthday in Yunnan province.
The male gibbon, named Shiwu, is in good health at the Wildlife Rescue Center of Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture and has grown from 450gm when it was 1-month-old to its current weight of 1,920gm, said Teng Ping, a senior engineer at the center.
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