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Lemurs Go Wild

By Duke Today Staff

Starting this month tour guests can walk with the lemurs in parts of Duke Forest at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham. The News and Observer posted this preview video from a media tour Tuesday.

The Duke Lemur Center was established in 1966, and today is home to the world's largest collection of lemurs outside of Madagascar. Located on 85 acres next to Duke University, the center houses about 250 animals representing 15 species of rare and endangered lemurs, along with lorises from India and Southeast Asia and bushbabies from Africa.

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