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Associated Press
A silvery gibbon holds her 2-week-old baby at the Bali Zoo in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia on Monday.

Oh baby, what big eyes you have

Fast facts

  • The silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) is currently listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
  • They are in danger mostly because of commercial deforestation.
  • It is estimated that only 4 percent of their original native habitat is still available to the species.

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