Rejected by her mother, Elke is a 16-day-old female Francois' Langur, or Francois' Leaf Monkey, being hand-raised by caretakers at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. Native to China and Vietnam, there is thought to be as little as 1,000 of these primates left in the wild, so the birth of this little gal is pretty special. I came across Elke's story when a couple of my friends sent me a short YouTube video of her looking adorable as she is seen publicly for the first time at four days old. You should take a minute and check out the video so you can be overwhelmed by cuteness, too.
I saw this on Dlisted, of all places!! It reminded me of "hedgehog eating a carrot"... I could watch for days.
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