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Milan
Chimpanzee
He has his peculiar way of observing everything and everyone - he raises his head and looks "from above”.
Date of birth: 09/07/2015Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Youngest son of Táta and Peter, brother of Marcelino and Miguel. Milan has his peculiar way of observing everything and everyone – he raises his head and looks “from above”.
He is more temperamental than his brothers, being very curious and brave. He loves climbing the trees in his enclosure and playing with his father. He was very close to his mother, who took very good care of him, protecting him and reprimanding him when necessary.
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Family
Father
Lives at the Sanctuary.
He arrived at the Sanctuary in 2007. Peter had been living in a zoo in Fortaleza, northeast of Brazil, where he suffered a lot, especially after the zoo closed and fell into a precarious situation.
Date of birth: 1985Origin: Paraíso Perdido zoo (northeast Brazil)
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Mother
Lived at the Sanctuary.
in memoriam
She arrived at the sanctuary in 2007, very weak but pregnant, and managed to give birth to a healthy baby, chimpanzee Marcelino.
Date of birth: 1990Origin: Paraíso Perdido zoo (northeast Brazil)
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Brother
Lives at the Sanctuary.
He enjoys making nests by cutting the blanket into several pieces and observing the movement of other chimpanzees through the basket at the top of the platform.
Date of birth: 03/27/2007Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, Brazil
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Brother
Lives at the Sanctuary.
He is very similar to his brother Marcelino, both physically and in personality.
Date of birth: 10/09/2010Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, SP, Brazil.
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
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