Halloween is around the corner and we wanted to sum up the week with all the photos of our baby primates in their costumes! Starting from the top we have: Marley and “G” the white handed gibbon apes. Leila the Squirrel Monkey, Antoinette the Tufted Capuchin, and Philipe and Francois the Cinnamon Capuchins.  We hope you enjoyed the photos of each of them in their costumes and we wish everyone a safe and happy Halloween!

G and Leila had their Halloween outfits on this past Tuesday to celebrate Halloween a little early and to show off their clothes. Although you can’t see it in the photo above, “G” was wearing a soccer jersey for the photo. “G” is a baby white-handed gibbon, and is doing very well here at ZWF. To view more photos of “G” then visit G’s Gallery! Leila was wearing a “circus monkey” outfit and thought we would share another photo of her wearing her Halloween costume since you can view her costume much better in this photo. Leila is our baby Squirrel Monkey. To view more photos of Leila then visit Leila’s Gallery.

Leila is ready for Halloween! Leila is our baby Squirrel Monkey. Here she is in the photo wearing her “circus monkey outfit”. If you would like to visit Leila and see her up close then why not come by for a private tour? Check out our tour packages! If you would like to see more photos of Leila then visit Leila’s Gallery.

All of us here at ZWF wanted to wish everyone a safe and Happy Halloween! Marley, our white handed gibbon ape, is the primate in the photo above. He was posing for the camera in his cute and spooky Halloween shirt! Come by for a private tour at our facility to make your Halloween weekend extra special! To view our tour packages then please visit our Tour page.

-The ZWF team

On January 9th 2011, Univision Radio hosted for the community of Miami a Three Kings Parade. Zoological Wildlife Foundation was honored to be a part of the parade on a Jungle float. The Jungle float was featured in the parade filled with exotic wildlife. The animals brought were a Crocodile, Alligator, Parrot, Red-ruffed Lemur, and Monkeys where the apart of the event. To see more pictures of the event please visit our gallery.

Aladdin - Dromedary Camel and Maria - Catalina Macaw

Brauser Miamonodies Academy hosted a Safari party for parents, teachers, friends and students attending.  Zoological Wildlife Foundation was asked to host the event with our exotic wildlife and trained handlers. Aladdin our Dromedary Camel, Sativia our White-handed gibbon, Angelina and Donattela our Tufted Capuchins,  Javi our Red Ruff Lemur, Maria the Catalina Macaw and Rachel our African Milky Eagle Owl were part of the animal actors that attended the Safari party. Please feel free to check our gallery for more pictures.

Luna and Cliff

Meet Luna, our Bonnet Macaque and Cliff, a White Faced Capuchin. They have been raised together since tiny babies along with Diana, our adorable Tufted Capuchin. They love each other`s company. Luna just was introduced to solid food. While Cliff still drinks his bottle. He is such a baby! They spend hours each day playing with their bright colored toys and blankets.

We spend hours on a regular basis cleaning cages, toys, blankets, preparing food, bottle feeding, bathing and interacting with our babies. It is part of our daily routine at ZWF. We enjoy the special bond and interaction with our primates. Part of our volunteer program is to have that same interaction and enrichment for our primates. We strive to do the very best for our non-human family memebers at ZWF.

Mac Enjoying Himself

Mac Our Black Spider Monkey

Mac is our new Black Spider Monkey. He is four months old and loves to stay clinging on to everything and everyone. He love attention and people at all times. A very demanding little fellow. We started introducing  solid foods, but we give him formula for most part. These New World primates are social and gather in groups of up to two or three dozen animals. At night, these groups split up into smaller sleeping parties of a half dozen or fewer. Foraging also occurs in smaller groups, and is usually most intense early in the day. Spider monkeys find food in the treetops and feast on nuts, fruits, leaves, bird eggs, and spiders. They can be noisy animals and often communicate with many calls, screeches, barks, and other sounds.

Typically, females give birth to only a single baby every two to five years. Young monkeys depend completely on their mothers for about ten weeks, but after that time they begin to explore on their own and play amongst themselves. Mothers continue to care for their young for the first year of their lives, and often move about with their offspring clinging to their backs. Feel free to visit his gallery for more pictures.

Jungle Island Exhibit - Miami, FL

Malinka and Leloo

Malinka and Leloo - Crowd Shot

Malinka and Leloo had a wondeful time this Labor Day Weekend at Jungle Island. They thrilled thousands of visitors while interacting with their handlers. The sisters are being invited back to the Jungle real soon. We are very proud to have these girls and look forward to again share them with their growing fan club!

If you are interested in experiencing an up close and personal tour with these magnificent Ligers. Feel free to “Take a walk on the wild side” with our private Zoo Tour packages offered at ZWF.

Shower Time For Luna

Luna Eating Her Banana

Luna is our female Bonnet Macaque. She is three in half month old. She loves her shower time and pacifier. We started her diet with banana for the very first time, with a bottle of formula milk every four hours and soon will start eating solid foods.

The Bonnet Macaque has a very wide range of gestures and behavior which can be easily differentiated.  They do a lot of “Lip smacking” is one of the most common behavior, where one individual may open and close the mouth in rapid movement with tongue in between teeth and lips pressing against each other giving an audible sound.

She is a cutie and we enjoy every minute of her company. You are welcome to check out Luna’s Album for more pictures of her different expressions.