Endangered orangutan gives birth to healthy infant

Endangered orangutan gives birth to healthy infant

The male baby born to Menari at the zoo in New Orleans on Christmas Eve (Audubon Zoo/AP)

A critically endangered Sumatran orangutan in New Orleans, in the US, has given birth to a healthy male baby, but his twin brother died in the womb, officials at the Audubon Zoo said.

Twelve-year-old Menari gave birth to the first baby without trouble on Christmas Eve and was mothering it appropriately, but she was having problems after that, according to a news release.

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