Chimpanzees Have Bromances, Too
Male chimps can forge long-lasting friendships
“A decade-long study shows that nearly all adult male chimps form enduring social bonds with other males, exchanging back scratches, sharing meat, and generally chumming around.”
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20th Century Fox has just released a brand new poster promoting Matt Reeves’ The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. This one shows Caesar (Andy Serkis) holding an infant chimpanzee.
This goes to show the great leap forward in CGI (Computer-generated imagery) when making animal themed movies.
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#GreatApeMoment A #gorilla embracing her offspring. Happy Mothers Day #MothersDay http://ift.tt/1fd0o6W
Universal Studios has announced it will no longer use live primates – including #orangutans – in its “Animal Actors” stage shows at theme parks in Florida and California. Said Delcianna Winders, Deputy General Counsel for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (#PETA): “Savvy and kind entertainers realize that the right decision—for animals and for business—is to shun exploitation of these sensitive, intelligent animals.” For more, visit http://ift.tt/1ogR8ET http://ift.tt/1iQBMkU
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"Gorilla Abducting a Woman," by Emmanuel Frémiet, 1877, Paris http://ift.tt/1f00UVG
"Metal Gorilla" at M.Batman Elekronik, 2004, Berlin http://ift.tt/1g7fln0
"David Greybeard" in the Tree of Life at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, 1998, Orlando http://ift.tt/1f00RJx
"Orangutan Strangling a Borneo Savage" by Emmanuel Frémiet, 1895, Paris http://ift.tt/1f00Rt4
#GreatApeMoment Gombe #chimpanzee Fanni cradles her newborn http://ift.tt/1frt7RV
Detection of Termites and Other Insects Consumed by African Great Apes using Molecular Fecal Analysis.
The consumption of insects by apes has previously been reported based on direct observations and/or trail signs in feces. However, DNA-based diet analyses may have the potential to reveal trophic links for these wild species.
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$10-Million Action Plan Aims to Save World’s Most Endangered Gorilla
This action plan hopes to Save World’s Most Endangered Gorilla. The five-year, $10.56-million plan aims to increase protections for the gorillas; research their distribution and biology; implement community-based conservation models; protect migration corridors between isolated populations; monitor the animals’ heath for diseases
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The #apeAPP mobile phone application that was launched by the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) in February will now be available to a much wider audience through an agreement with Safaricom and its parent company, Vodafone, to place the apeAPP on the #Safaricom App Store. Read more http://goo.gl/qYULxK http://ift.tt/1hwfFga
The IUCN/SSC’s great ape experts have issued a statement on palm oil expansion across Africa, calling for governments to “insist that plantation development in Africa is undertaken in a manner that ensures equitable economic development, poverty alleviation, and the maintenance of ecological integrity,” and avoids “forested areas that contain populations of chimpanzees, bonobos or gorillas.” For more, visit http://ift.tt/1g32O3X. http://ift.tt/1gEACu1
A pair of orangutans who were given two months to get settled prior to the opening of the new $26 million USD International Orangutan Center at the Indianapolis Zoo, USA, quickly found a design flaw and escaped on 25 March. Rocky (pictured), a 9-year-old male, and Knobi, his adoptive mother, left the enclosure together but were quickly discovered by zoo staff and apprehended. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1gBKTY2. http://ift.tt/1g0LpsL
The 10th anniversary “Pongos Helping Pongos” art exhibition to be held April 10 at the Houston Zoo (USA) will display and auction artwork by the zoo’s orangutan and other wildlife. Proceeds will benefit the Hutan conservation organization, which protects orangutans and their habitat in the northern Borneo region of Malaysia. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1izEYBg http://ift.tt/1h9dP8D
Colgate-Palmolive Latest Company to Jump on Deforestation-Free Palm Oil Bandwagon
After General Mills committed to sourcing deforestation-free palm oil, Colgate-Palmolive today released its palm oil sourcing policy. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), major companies are essential to preventing deforestation, which is responsible for about 10 percent of all global warming emissions
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"Kindred Beings" author Dr. Sheri Speede, who founded the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center in Cameroon in 1999, will be a keynote speaker at the International Primate Protection League (IPPL) conference in Summerville, S.C., USA, from April 11-13. For more information, contact info@ippl.org. http://ift.tt/1p4Ll2c
General Mills has strengthened its pledge to source fully traceable palm oil by next year, with explicit focus on counteracting deforestation.
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The former governor of Indonesia’s Riau province in Sumatra has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay almost $90,000 in fines for illegally issuing logging permits and bribes linked to construction projects . Rusli Zainal was found guilty of embezzlement relating to the illegal issuance of logging permits that sacrificed huge tracts of forest land to palm oil and pulp & paper companies in recent years. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1jtrF96. http://ift.tt/OYRlwi
#GreatApeMoment Family time in the sun! Bonobo mothers love to play with their infants http://ift.tt/1dmyJS4
Learn about the great apes in this artistic audiovisual interactive #infograph | Our Family Tree by #NOVA #PBS http://goo.gl/HpYVgP http://ift.tt/1nWTk45
The G.W. Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood is once again under fire after the mysterious death of their #chimpanzee - Read more http://goo.gl/0QHve9 http://ift.tt/1hkx2R0
Tracker Barabwiriza Remembered
A long-time colleague and friend of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, Faustin Barabwiriza, passed away on March 20 after a short illness. Barabwiriza worked with our founder, Dian Fossey, and spent nearly four decades working with mountain gorillas until his retirement in 2010. Even after his departure from the field, Barabwiriza remained a member of the Karisoke family and regularly participated in events organized by the Fossey Fund. He is celebrated as a fearless man who knew the gorillas better than anyone. - Read more http://goo.gl/g3Jqyr http://ift.tt/OUElHT
#GreatApeMoment Two young chimpanzees playing in the forest. Play is used to strengthen family bonds.
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Shrinking Forests Hamper Orangutan Release
“In 2014 we began our program by releasing 10 orangutans back into the wild. We are optimistic that we will be able to release more orangutans into their natural habitat — but this has to be supported by the existence of quality, safe forests,” said Samboja Lestari program manager Agus Irwanto.
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#Travel Marvel at #orangutans in the rainforests of steamy Borneo
Along with Sumatra, the rainforests in Borneo are the only place in the world where you can see wild orangutans
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GRASP Scientific Commission member Erik Meijaard sees “almost no sign” of progress as a result of Indonesia’s 2007 Action Plan for orangutans, in an opinion article for The Jakarta Globe. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1oSQTfX. http://ift.tt/1jlsmkP
GRASP Ambassador Dr. Jane Goodall will celebrate her 80th birthday on April 3rd. GRASP inviteS her global supporters to help wish her a happy birthday by signing her on-line card and wishing her the very best.
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Notorious West African wildlife smuggler Ousmane Diallo was apprehended March 21 in Conakry following an operation led by the Guinea’s National Central Bureau (NCB) of #INTERPOL and supported by the GALF (Guinée Application de la Loi Faunique) conservation organization. Diallo – who had been sentenced last year to six months in prison and a $6,600 USD fine for illegally trading hundreds of #chimpanzees and other endangered wildlife — was a fugitive from justice after failing to attend two appeal hearings. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1ghhcdP. http://ift.tt/1f94Pfw
A bushmeat bust at Congo’s Maya Maya International Airport on May 21 that was coordinated by Projet d’appui a l’Application de la Loi sur la Faune (PALF) and Brazzaville law enforcement officials netted a number of primates that were being illegally trafficked. For more, visit http://ift.tt/Q08RkP. http://ift.tt/1jkuuVt
Palm Oil: The Not-So-Hidden Danger to Wild Primates Read more http://goo.gl/wyhED9 http://ift.tt/1lWfizp
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#GreatApeMoment Dominant silverback Humba, displaying at his females. http://ift.tt/1hMGSwp
Arcus Foundation - Great Ape Conservation State of the Apes- (Extractive Industries and Ape Conservation) can be pre-ordered here
(State of the Apes-Extractive Industries and Ape Conservation)
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The woman who was left severely disfigured by a friend’s pet #chimpanzee that attacked her in 2009 is seeking legislative permission to sue the state of Connecticut, USA, for $150 million USD. She argues that the state knew that the chimpanzee – Travis (pictured here), who was shot and killed following the attack – was dangerous but did nothing to protect citizens. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1g7eEi6. http://ift.tt/1eY7vwg
Gorillas and other iconic species are vital to the health of the world’s forests and woodlands, argues Convention on Migratory Species executive secretary Bradnee Chambers, in an opinion article marking March 21 as the United nations’ “International Day of Forests and the Tree.” For more, visit http://ift.tt/1eY5m3I. http://ift.tt/1l9d9De
The first known depiction and description of an orangutan has surfaced in English explorer Daniel Beeckman’s 1718 book, “A Voyage to the and from the Island of Borneo.” Beeckman described the “oran ootan” as having “tolerable good faces.” For more, visit http://ift.tt/1qZ99Gs. http://ift.tt/1hGpwRO
A new Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI) research project to study some of the estimated 1,800 wild #bonobos in the Kokolopori region of central DR Congo is underway. The project, led by Dr. Deborah Moore, will focus on behavioral aspects of the bonobos. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1lSr91m http://ift.tt/1ge5bXq
#GreatApeMoment A young #orangutan swinging through the trees.
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Kirno the #orangutan hooked on cigarettes after picking up lit butts thrown into his Indonesian enclosure.
Guests are throwing pre-lit cigarette butts to the adult then laughing as he smokes like a human.
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When they were just eleven years old, Michigan Girl Scouts Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen discovered an alarming fact while completing research for their Girl Scout Bronze Awards: most Girl Scout cookies are packed with palm oil, an ingredient that causes the destruction of irreplaceable rainforests and threatens the survival of humankind’s closest relative, orangutans
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Why Do #Chimpanzees Die in the Forest? The challenges of understanding and controlling disease transmission as a threat to great ape health. For more, visit http://goo.gl/Y0MRuk http://ift.tt/PSnZAR
Kekla, a male Western Lowland #gorilla who shares a bachelor enclosure with two half-brothers at Zoo Atlanta, USA, turned 25 years old this week. Kekla is the first gorilla born at Zoo Atlanta and an offspring of zoo patriarch Ozzie, the oldest living known gorilla in the world. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1lOT5n3. http://ift.tt/1gaS2hI
#GreatApeMoment: On hot days, #chimpanzees like Njanga at the Limbe Wildlife Centre in Cameroon like to cool off in the pool. For more, visit http://ift.tt/1bFHNvz. http://ift.tt/1hBfXng
The Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary in DR Congo, which cares for over 60 orphaned bonobos at its forest site near Kinshasa, has a new website. Visit http://ift.tt/1gdw2gc http://ift.tt/Nt6Lb2
The Push for More Sustainable Palm Oil Farming
The high demand for unsustainable palm oil has a devastating effect on the local ecosystems in which it is harvested and contributes to global warming.
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