"Bilbo the lemur has developed the habit of travelling to work on the metro with his handler. He gets on the train with Veronica Lindberg in the northern suburb of Alvik. But Bilbo, who is not really really a morning lemur, tends to stay wrapped inside a handkerchief under her jacket until they have travelled eight stops down the line to Central Station. By then he is ready to climb out of Lindberg's clothing and onto her head as they prepare for the last leg of the journey to Skansen's Aquarium... The tiny creature is one of only about 25 bamboo lemurs living in captivity in the world. Originally from Madagascar, bamboo lemurs -- who eat bamboo, hence their name -- are the smallest species of lemurs... Swedish media went crazy for the rare animal when news of his birth and rejection by his mother became known last week. Bilbo's picture has since been spread across the Internet, rivalling him in the Swedish media with Knut, the more famous polar bear recently born at Berlin's zoo."
-The Local, Sweden
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