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Baby orang utan, Gelsenkirchen
This little ape was only three days old when this picture was taken last month at ZOOM Erlebniswelt in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. And it seems the baby orang utan is somewhat of a miracle birth to his mother of 40-years-old who hadn't been pregnant for 22 years before this one came along.
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