We recently lost one of our oldest and most emblematic primates, our Delacour’s female Manu. Like her, we can see some of our residents growing old and sometimes turning EPRC into their final resting place.
Mới gần đây, chúng tôi đã mất đi một trong cá thể linh trưởng lớn tuổi và tiêu biểu nhất của chúng tôi – cô voọc mông trắng Manu. Cũng như cô ấy, chúng ta có thể nhận thấy sự già đi của nhiều cá thể khác và điều này đôi khi khiến EPRC thành nơi an nghỉ cuối cùng của họ.
As you know, the EPRC is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. In 1993, we started very small with only a few animals and very few cages. As the Center grew bigger, we received more primates and started to have more babies around. We have always struggled a bit with money to keep up the standard in captive care and have always done our best. Especially when infants arrived at the Center, we worked even harder!
Như bạn đã biết, EPRC đang kỷ niệm 25 năm thành lập. Vào năm 1993, chúng tôi bắt đầu chỉ với một vài cá thể và một vài chuồng trại. Khi Trung tâm phát triển dần, chúng tôi nhận được nhiều cá thể linh trưởng hơn và bắt đầu có nhiều em bé hơn. Chúng tôi luôn phải vật lộn về tiền bạc để đảm bảo tiêu chuẩn trong việc chăm sóc trong môi trường chuồng trại và luôn luôn làm hết sức mình. Đặc biệt là khi có cá thể nhỏ đến Trung tâm, chúng tôi càng làm việc chăm chỉ hơn!
Doesn’t he look stunning like a wax statue? This male Grey-Shanked Douc Langur is residing in our semi-wild area, and you can clearly see what a wild animal can benefit from its natural habitat.
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Oh hi there! Sorry for the shocking content This is an sexual organ of a male Grey-Shanked Douc Langur (Pygathrix cinerea) in its “peak”. In EPRC, we usually joke that his clock likes to indicate at exact 12 o’clock.
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It is interesting that douc langurs do not only have their sexual organs erected because of mating desire. Like this photo, it was taken when we started grouping 3 grey-shanked douc langurs and the male was pretty excited (non-sexually because he hadn’t seen the females at that time yet). They also “enlarge” their p*nis in front of an enemy because they want to appear bigger in order to scare away the enemy.
This photo was posted due to agreement with most of our audience on Facebook. So please don’t report us if you find this offensive 
Instead, feel honored because you have a chance to see such a beautiful anatomy 
A population of at least 500 grey-shanked doucs has been uncovered by Fauna & Flora International (FFI) during a recent field survey conducted in Kon Tum Province, Vietnam. This almost doubles the known global population of this enigmatic and beautiful primate.
Read the report: In search of the grey-shanked douc
“To discover a large population of one of Vietnam’s most rare and precious animals is truly an honour,” said Trinh Dinh Hoang, who led the survey effort. Prior to this discovery, the entire species was thought to have only 800-1,000 individuals remaining, and consequently has been listed as one of the 25 most endangered primates in the world.
Restricted to the forests of central Vietnam, the main threats to the grey-shanked douc are deforestation, habitat fragmentation and hunting. Doucs are targeted for the illegal wildlife trade and are hunted for bush meat, traditional medicine and the pet trade.
On 30th of December, three homesick grey-shanked douc langurs escaped from the semi-wild area at EPRC and managed to find their way back to the cage which was once their home.
In the middle of a meeting, we got a call from one of our keepers reporting about an incident where our langurs escaped. We rushed to the spot with just sweet potato, a whistle and a cage. What we saw was three grey-shanked douc langurs out of four that had been living in the semi-wild area hanging around on top of an enclosure and on the tree branches. Our tactic was to try and lure them into the cage using food and whistling.
