BALTIMORE —

Keepers at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore are preparing to welcome an older chimpanzee from the San Francisco Zoo.

At the zoo's "Chimpanzee Forest," the troop of 12 females and four males is about to get bigger. Twiggy will soon arrive in the coming months, and it turns out, she will reunite with some old friends.

"Abbey is carrying Ivy, she's Ivy's foster mom, and then, following them around is Lola," Pamela Carter, the zoo's area manager of the "Chimpanzee Forest," said as she toured WBAL-TV 11 News around the exhibit. "We'll be adding one more girl, with Twiggy."

Twiggy, who will be 40 years old at the end of the month, is coming to Baltimore early next year from the San Francisco Zoo, which temporarily halted its chimpanzee program.

"I'm sure they'll be very excited to

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