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John Ball Zoo’s Yaki the saki monkey dead at 25

From our media partner at WOOD TV:

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its white-faced saki monkeys.

The zoo announced Wednesday that Yaki died last week. He was 25 years old — four years older than the median life expectancy for male saki moneys in captivity, according to the zoo.

“Yaki was a wonderful ambassador for his species and will be greatly missed by all of us,” John Ball Zoostated in a Facebook post.

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