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A baby hamadryas baboon, Defari, has been born at the San Diego Zoo for the first time since 2019. Watch Defari bond with mom in the Africa Rocks exhibit.

A baby hamadryas baboon, Defari, has been born at the San Diego Zoo for the first time since 2019. Watch Defari bond with mom in the Africa Rocks exhibit.

The male infant baboon is named Defari, which means “strong” in the Ethiopian language of Amharic. According to the zoo, he is the first baby hamadryas baboon to be born there since 2019.

Lisa Marie, a female hamadryas baboon, and her son, Defari. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance) The San Diego Zoo has announced that a baby hamadryas baboon, the first born there ...