Duke Lemur Centers latest arrivals introduced

  • 2015-06-26
On June 3, Durham’s Duke Lemur Center officially introduced Princess Julien One and her twin sister Princess Julien Two, their brace of newest additions, to the public

The twins were named for the star of the movie Madagascar and most famous of ring-tailed lemurs, King Julien, who is also the star of “All Hail King Julien”, a Netflix series. Duke Lemur Center education specialists Chris Smith, commenting at the recent event:

“We’re really excited to have this collaboration with the series ‘All Hail King Julien.’ King Julien is going to be here at the Lemur Center on June 20 for our Lemurpalooza Adopt-A-Lemur event.”

The princesses, ring-tailed lemurs, were born in May but like all “royalty” entrance into the world at large comes in stages. A gala naming ceremony, for which reservations will be requires, will be featured at the Lemurpalooza event. In addition to seeing the royal family of lemurs, the public will also get a chance to be around the lemurs that are part of the Adopt-A-Lemur program.

Brochure printers help spread the word about The Duke Lemur Center and its works to preserve the various species of lemurs as well as study them. Lemurs are only native to Madagascar and for thousands of years have thrived. However, once the island also became home to humans the lemur population began to quickly diminish and now these ancient primates are considered the most endangered mammal in the world.