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Red-haired baboon with her infant in Ramat Gan Safari Park (9 images)

Sahara, a rare red-haired female Hamadryas Baboon, is the first colored baboon to give birth in the Safari and the staff of the zoo hopes the gene for the light-colored fur, which is rare among baboons, has been passed on to the new born.



Sahara, a rare red-haired female Hamadryas Baboon holds her three week old dark-furred baby in the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 10, 2015. It is the first time a light-colored baboon has given birth in the Safari and the staff of the zoo hopes the gene for the light-colored fur, which is rare among baboons, has been passed on to the new born. Photo by Debbie Hill/ UPI
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Sahara, a rare red-haired female Hamadryas Baboon stands while her three week old dark-furred baby clings on to her in the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 10, 2015. It is the first time a light-colored baboon has given birth in the Safari and the staff of the zoo hopes the gene for the light-colored fur, which is rare among baboons, has been passed on to the new born. Photo by Debbie Hill/ UPI
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A three week old dark-furred baby baboon that was born to Sahara, a rare red-haired female Hamadryas Baboon, crawls in the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 10, 2015. It is the first time a light-colored baboon has given birth in the Safari and the staff of the zoo hopes the gene for the light-colored fur, which is rare among baboons, has been passed on to the new born. Photo by Debbie Hill/ UPI
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Sahara, center,a rare red-haired female Hamadryas Baboon sits with baboons while her three week old dark-furred baby plays in the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 10, 2015. It is the first time a light-colored baboon has given birth in the Safari and the staff of the zoo hopes the gene for the light-colored fur, which is rare among baboons, has been passed on to the new born. Photo by Debbie Hill/ UPI
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