Laa Laa
Like I said, everyone's having girl babies. In the case of London Zoo's month-old Francois Langur, this is a fortunate thing: there are only about 400 leaf monkeys of this species left in Guangxi province, China. The population in Vietnam and Laos was very badly eroded during the Vietnam War, and overall, the species is classed as "vulnerable" in the IUCN Red List. Laa Laa has an older brother, Grubb, born last summer.
I would like to note that in addition to being a happy new infusion for the gene pool of this embattled species, Laa Laa is adorable. Look at the little onion tuft on her head, it's just like Sun Wukong's.
Posted at 06:19 PM 08.10.2004