Spiders monkeys on their way to Beardsley Zoo

Monkey see, monkey do — these monkeys are getting a new home at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo! Questionably rhyming couplets aside, it is true that the zoo will break ground Thursday on a spacious indoor/outdoor habitat for a troop of Black-handed Spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi), arriving at the zoo in spring, 2019. Native to the tropical forests of Central and South America, the Spider monkeys will join the Zoo’s family of animals when their habitat is complete. Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo board members, Zoo staff, and Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim will gather for a groundbreaking event for the zoo’s newest habitat 11 a.m. Thursday. The site was once home to elephants, which were removed from the zoo in 1985.

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