Amorous gibbons keep neighbours awake

by Lauren on August 24, 2008

For the loving couple, their duet was simply a natural expression of romance. Neighbours of the gibbons’ zoo home, however, found their dawn singing was more of a rude awakening.

Now Samuel and Duana, a pair of agile gibbons, have been placed under curfew to give residents nearby some respite from their mating rituals.

Zoo keepers are under instructions to confine the pair inside their housing on “Gibbon Island” for three nights a week.

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