PROUD orangutan Suli shows off her new baby — and it’s easy to see why zoo visitors are going bananas over her.

       The critically-endangered ape has yet to be named by Spain’s Bioparc Fuengirola staff, but she is thought to be the only one born in a European breeding scheme in a year.

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       Suli has been proudly showing off her new baby Credit: Reuters 4

       The baby orangutan, born Aug 4, has yet to be named Credit: Rex

       Head keeper at the zoo Antonio Garrucho said: "She's like a little jewel for conservation and another contribution to the captive breeding programme in European zoos.

       "The rate of forest destruction on the island (of Borneo) is very high, due to the extraction of raw materials, wildfires and desertification."

       Orangutan populations have halved over the past century as their natural habitats have been cleared to make way for palm oil plantations.

       The World Wildlife Fund considers them critically endangered, one notch above extinction in the wild.

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       Staff at Fuengirola Bioparc say the arrival is great news for the critically-endangered species Credit: Rex 4

       Visitors are already going bananas for the adorable baby Credit: Reuters

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