{"id":54562,"date":"2025-07-10T16:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/54562\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:34:10","slug":"brookfield-zoo-chicago-unveils-massive-tropical-primate-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/54562\/","title":{"rendered":"Brookfield Zoo Chicago unveils massive tropical primate habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brookfield <\/p>\n

BROOKFIELD, Ill.<\/strong> – Brookfield Zoo Chicago\u2019s newest addition takes people to faraway rainforests while bringing them inches away from exciting wildlife. It\u2019s an ambitious space for apes, monkeys and visitors.<\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

James and Elizabeth Branson Tropical Forests is a 3-acre, $66-million addition. It\u2019s one of the largest primate habitats in the country, featuring several species of monkeys, white-cheeked gibbons, Bornean orangutans, a gorilla family and the zoo\u2019s first bachelor group of lowland gorillas.<\/p>\n

Silverback brothers Barney and Shango stole the show at the official opening.<\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

Dr. Michael Adkesson, President and CEO of Brookfield Zoo said, “I\u2019m keenly aware of the animal behind me.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shango was just a few feet away, behind a glass enclosure. He said the zoo\u2019s goal was always to put animals first.<\/p>\n

The animals are just getting used to their new home. Brookfield Zoo hopes visitors will connect with them, create memories and be inspired to support wildlife conservation.<\/p>\n

The Source:<\/b> The information in this report came from Brookfield Zoo Chicago.<\/p>\n

Brookfield<\/a>Pets and Animals<\/a>Wild Nature<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BROOKFIELD, Ill. – Brookfield Zoo Chicago\u2019s newest addition takes people to faraway rainforests while bringing them inches away…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":54563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[14673,960,5404,5386,1818,50,8047,159,68,1581],"class_list":{"0":"post-54562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-brookfield","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-cook-county","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-illinois","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-pets-animals","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-wild-nature"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114829910652242202","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}