Folly Farm primate keeper Rosie Badger talks about Patas Plains
Located near Folly Farm’s Kifaru Reserve rhino enclosure, this impressive new development allows guests to get an improved view of the Pembrokeshire zoo’s six Patas monkeys. Keeper Rosie Badger introduces the primates and describes some of the features of Patas Plains, such as the bio floor.
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00:00It's been an exciting week here at Folly Farm. We've moved our troop of pat-ass
00:03monkeys over to their new exhibit. They have been here for nearly two years, they
00:08were in a temporary enclosure. Our troop of pat-ass monkeys consists of our male
00:12Krusty, we've got two adult females Zwina and Zora, they were all from Europe
00:16and then we've got Wyatt who was born at Woburn and they all came
00:20from Woburn and then we've got a juvenile named Swift, she'll be a year
00:25old in August and then we've got a six-month-old who was born in March to
00:30mum Zora. She's very cute, she's very tiny, she's recently just started coming off
00:34mum and exploring the new enclosure. A new feature of this enclosure is our
00:39bio floor. A bio floor is something that will sustain itself, so how we've built
00:43it, it's pea shingle at the bottom and then it's layers of sand and soil mix
00:48and then it's got like a compost layer on top as well. It will be very
00:54self-sufficient so we'll have insects and bugs in here as well which the
00:57pat-ass can eat if they want to, so basically our cleanup crew is going to
01:01be living in the floor so it will help maintain this enclosure. Pat-ass monkeys
01:07in the wild are classed as near threatened, they face a lot of threats
01:10mainly from humans, they also suffer from the bushmeat trade as well as the pet
01:16trade and yeah habitat loss is quite a big one for the pat-ass monkeys. They're
01:20mainly found in Western Africa and in the savannas. Our pat-ass monkeys are
01:25part of a European breeding program, we are a handful of collections to hold
01:29them, they are a really nice beautiful species to have here at the park. We're
01:35really happy with how our troop of pat-ass have moved into their new home,
01:38we're really looking forward to you guys coming to see them and hopefully you'll
01:42be able to pop down this summer and come and have a look at our troop.