Hellabrunn Zoo: The singing monkey that competes with every opera diva

The new animal calendar of the Munich zoo Hellabrunn has been published.

There is also a particularly powerful monkey.

Munich - Attention animal lovers: The new calendar of the Hellabrunn Zoo * is available now.

Twelve special animal snapshots decorate the copy for 2022.

The cover picture shows the zoo's new “star”: bull elephant Otto.

It is now almost a year old and has long since captured the hearts of Munich * visitors.

There are also portraits of barn owls, maned seals and swamp wallaby.

Munich: Hellabrunn Zoo shows its residents in a new calendar

The Siamang monkey

can also be admired in the calendar.

His loud singing echoes miles across the Hellabrunn borders every morning.

Siamangs are not only loud but also excellent singers.

With their soprano technique, they are in no way inferior to professional opera singers, as Japanese researchers at Kyoto University discovered.

Its oversized throat pouch, which inflates when singing, serves as a resonance body.

The Siamang belongs to the genus of gibbons. In the wild, the primates use their calls to communicate with potential partners, but also with other conspecifics.

The Hellabrunn calendar costs ten euros and is available at the zoo cash desk and in the zoo shops.