"Is it a breeder?" In 2021, a female gibbon living alone in a Japanese zoo suddenly gave birth to a baby. No one knew how it got pregnant, and the suspect was unexpected.
Although animals can't speak, they also have their own ideas, especially some primates, such as chimpanzees, apes, gibbons, monkeys, etc., and their brains have developed a very developed degree.
Humans and these primates, once one family, are similar to humans in many ways.
After investigation, it was learned that in addition to chimpanzees, gibbons are the closest species to humans and can be said to be close relatives of humans, so the habits of humans are almost all possessed in gibbons.
But gibbons and humans also have essential differences, in addition to the mind is not as good as humans, self-control is not as good as humans, once in estrus, can not control themselves at all, began large-scale reproduction.
In the spring of 2021, in a local zoo, a female ape that had been separated by keepers for a long time suddenly became pregnant and gave birth, but could not find who her biological father was, leaving the entire zoo staff scratching their heads.
This female ape, whose name is Momo, is a star animal in this zoo, and because of its lively and active personality, it is loved by tourists and friends, so the keepers also take special care of it.
Moving Momo into a larger and more comfortable sunroom and no longer staying with the male gibbons has two benefits, one because it is easier to manage, and the other is to prevent Momo from overbreeding with other male apes.
This has happened in many zoos, where there is no way for animals to control their wildness, and many male apes will roar to attract female gibbons when they are in heat, and then mate and reproduce.
But female gibbons will only conceive once every two years, and can only give birth to one at a time, so male gibbons in order to ensure the reproductive rate, will prey on different female gibbons, over time, many zoos have over-reproduction.
Many zoos simply cannot afford these gibbons, and some zoos even go bankrupt, so zoos choose to separate females from males, which is not only good for zoos, but also good for animals.
And this Momo pregnancy also makes people feel incredible, although gibbons will be in heat all year round, but the staff clearly separates the male and female, how can Momo still get pregnant.
So experts quickly convened a meeting to discuss how Momo became pregnant, first of all, there was a male gibbon in the cage opposite Momo, and the two cages were particularly far apart, and it was impossible for this gibbon to get Momo pregnant.
Then all suspicions fell on the four male gibbons in the cage next to them, although the four gibbons were closest to Momo, but the staff deliberately separated them, and welded barbed wire in the middle, they could not reach at all, and mating was impossible.
This point was ruled out again, and everyone present began to wonder, could gibbons now conceive hermaphrodites themselves, which is of course impossible, the situation with hermaphrodites only appears in single-celled organisms, mammals simply cannot do it.
Later, some people suspected that there might be another reason behind Momo's pregnancy, and since these gibbons could not lift Momo, only the keeper was left to be the most suspect, because he was able to contact Momo every day.
The keeper was dumbfounded on the spot and immediately defended that he and Momo were innocent, claiming that he was not a pervert and would not do that kind of thing with monitor lizards like Indian Asan.
Whether it was or not, a DNA test immediately came out, and an hour later the results came out, and the little gibbon was indeed not the credit of the keeper, but one of the four male gibbons next to it.
After investigation, people finally discovered the secret, even if separated by barbed wire, Momo was still pregnant.
It turned out that a male gibbon found that not all of it and the momo were separated by barbed wire, and there was a wooden board in a corner, and the male gibbon took out a hole in the plank, and the size was just right, so this was the birth of the little gibbon.
Sure enough, animals can really do anything in order to reproduce.
