Cute and Cheeky baby lemurs

ZSL London Zoo's baby Alaotran Gentle lemurs. These primates are from Madagascar and are Critically Endangered as their habitat is being burnt off to provide space for the increasing demand for rice cultivation.

You can see these beautiful animals at ZSL London Zoo.

For more information visit http://www.zsl.org

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[tenderheart17]

Hi ZSL,

Are most subspecies of Lemur found in Madagascar?

[ZSLvideo]

All lemurs are from Madagascar :)

[Lemurness]

Aww, such an adorable video! I wish there was a zoo near here that had some kind of Gentle Lemurs! I love ALL the different Lemurs! Lemurs are so much better than icky, vicious monkeys. ):

You got a lot of great clips, though! I love it! Great vid! (:

[ZSLvideo]

Thank you!

[ucanthateme98]

they are a critically endangered species if they werent in an "awful" zoo with plenty of food,love and protection they would probably all be dead

[crowskyler]

Better than being extinct.

[orthomanson]

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[trollontheblock]

i love lemurs!!!!

[greengrendel]

@greengrendel: Chimps are still the closes relation we have :P

[HoboZombie]

Please keep your misguided moralizing bullshit to yourself. KTHXBAI.

[TheShnuz]

Every animal that has been "farmed" as cattle or kept as pets, has never gone extinct. If you really wanted to boost their numbers then you'd want to farm them and sell their fur.

[greengrendel]

Chimps are excitable and liable to get aggressive, orangs are loners and slow, gorillas are the most similar in attitude to humans, and some, in the past, have been kept succesfully even in adulthood, but they have the right to live in a natural environment(as they are much more intelligent and really do need the tranquility of the forest, living with humans is confusing and stressful to them.

[greengrendel]

It does sounds awful that they can't live in peace in the wild, but you have to remember animals aren't as stupid as humans, and are happy if their needs(including company, entertainment and enough space to run around) are satisfied, they don't have any concept of "freedom"