TRANSMISSION – About 30 women take turns in front of a female orangutan's enclosure at Dublin Zoo and try to show her how to breastfeed.

zoo Dublin (Ireland) enlisted the help of nursing mothers in an effort to strengthen the relationship between Orangutan A woman born on July 31 and her baby. As reported The Irish TimesMujur's pregnancy was not foreseen. The crew didn't notice that a male named Sibu successfully mated with her before he died a few months later.

The zoo says that orangutan mothers play a crucial role in the development of their young during the first three years of life. A press release Published this Monday. “He is completely dependent on his mother for food and transportation. He clung to her as she walked around and nursed. » But Mujur failed to meet the needs of her two former cubs, leading to their deaths. So when this third pregnancy was announced, The zoo He is married to Lizzie Reeves, a midwife and lactation specialist at the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin.

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One to two hour sessions were held every morning with 30 lactating mothers before the birth of the orangutan cubs. The aim was to teach Mujur proper breastfeeding techniques by exploiting the mirror nature of (…). Read more than 20 minutes

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