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“WEDNESDAY”, a chimpanzee in the Scottish National Zoological Park at Edinburgh, gave birth to a ‘baby’ on January 17. The only other records of chimpanzee births in Great Britain are “Adam”, born in Clifton (Bristol) in May 1934, and “Jubilee” (a female) born in the London Zoo last February. “Wednesday” is of gentle disposition, and her temper has been quiet throughout gestation; she has fed well, and been normal in every way. The birth is a month earlier than was expected, but the ‘baby’ was born without trouble, and seems to be fully developed and quite fit in every way. “Wednesday” was brought up from an early age by Mr. Wm. Galloway of Glasgow and Accra, and was presented to the Zoological Park in July 1934, when she was about eight years old.
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Birth of a Chimpanzee. Nature 137, 145 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137145b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137145b0