The Palm Beach Zoo in West Palm Beach, home to towering trees, tigers and lemurs, has unveiled a new specially designed habitat for two sloths and three endangered squirrel-sized monkeys called golden lion tamarins.

It’s part of a broader conservation effort, not just a new physical exhibit for the 25-acre zoo, said Mike Terrell, the Curator of Animal Experiences.

Terrell told WLRN the animals are part of a habitat designed to educated the public by showing what can be achieved by conservation.

“People think of the wild as something over there. But in reality, the wild is all around us and we so desperately need it,” Terrell said.

“And so when you can go home and contribute to that wild and conserve there, then you're helping everybody stay healthy and you're helping the local ecosyste

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