Spiderman look out:

IT’S a girl!

Apparently a second female spider monkey was born at our local zoo on December 21, which was a great Christmas present, that followed on from another bub of the species last October.

It seems strange to me that it’s taken us this long to be told about it, but a belated well done to all concerned, even though as a journalist I’m not a fan of such long delays between birth and announcement, it takes the shine off when a big announcement is made and you realise that it happened almost two months ago. ■

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z Additional reporting by Dubbo Photo News staff. Note: John Ryan is also a councillor on Dubbo Regional Council. He writes here in his capacity as a journalist.

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