Endangered lemurs enjoy a joint birthday party at Edinburgh Zoo

Posted 20 Feb 2024 in Edinburgh Zoo

Pop Pop the ring-tailed lemur looking at the camera in shock and excitement with a keeper presenting him with a birthday cake enrichment

IMAGE: Rhiordan Langan-Fortune (2024)

Edinburgh Zoo’s endangered ring-tailed lemur troop celebrated their birthdays with a special cake this week, made by the wildlife conservation charity’s keepers. 

Born in February and March, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) lemur group, also known as a conspiracy, were treated to a sweet potato, leaf pellet and yoghurt cake, with carrot ‘candles’.

Visitors to the zoo can spot Pop Pop, Kitata, Jingoma and Tipiaka in the indoor and outdoor viewing areas of their enclosure.