International Union for Conservation of Nature\u2019s Red List<\/a>.<\/p>\nExperts estimate that fewer than 10,000 remain in the wild, and the species is found only in the rainforests of southeastern Madagascar. Their habitat continues to shrink because of slash-and-burn farming, illegal logging of valuable timber like rosewood, and the growing effects of climate change.<\/p>\n
Uphold said she hopes the new arrivals will help shine a spotlight on conservation and inspire visitors to learn more about protecting the species she\u2019s helping to breed.<\/p>\n
The red ruffed lemurs are an endangered species with only about 10,000 of them left in the wild. Wild Adventure Theme Park<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the precious newcomers are already thriving.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re wonderful, gentle animals,\u201d said Uphold, \u201cbut they are extremely loud. They screech and call out to each other in lots of different voices.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lemurs use 12 different vocal calls to communicate everything from danger warnings to excitement \u2014 and sometimes they\u2019re just checking in with one another across the trees.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThey\u2019ve been dubbed the \u2018chatterboxes\u2019 of the forest,\u201d said Uphold.<\/p>\n
The playful primates love grooming one another, lounging in the sun and springing from branch to branch with ease. Their long, bushy tails help them balance high in the trees while they search for food among the branches.<\/p>\n
The babies will soon be unveiled to visitors at the Wild Adventures theme park in Valdosta, Ga. Wild Adventure Theme Park<\/p>\n
And yes, they are impossibly fluffy. Sporting thick collars of fur and soft coats, the lemurs look like cuddly stuffed animals.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou would think that with such thick fur they would be hot here in Georgia, but they\u2019re used to a warm, steamy climate in the rainforest of Madagascar, so they are very comfortable,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
The lemurs are frugivores, meaning about 90% of their diet comes from fruits like melon and bananas. They also snack on flowers, leaves, insects and \u201cprimate biscuits,\u201d which caretakers provide for extra protein.<\/p>\n
They typically live about 20-25 years, stay close in family units and weigh about seven to nine pounds fully grown.<\/p>\n
Wild Adventures Theme Park<\/a> is located just north of the Florida border in Valdosta.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re so proud of our lemur family,\u201d added Uphold. \u201cThey\u2019re beautiful, and we hope the numbers keep growing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cuteness, times three. An endangered red ruffed lemur gave birth to an adorable set of triplets \u2014 Red,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":818176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[27],"tags":[91055,45116,9562,4353,159,67,132,68,1154,837,4286],"class_list":["post-818175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-birth","tag-cute-animals","tag-endangered-species","tag-georgia","tag-science","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-wildlife","tag-zoos"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116627405905610658","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818175","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=818175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}