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‘What’s up with all these monkeys’: Djungelskog the orangutan comforted Punch – but can the Ikea toy help me? Punch may look sweet with his plushie – but anthropomorphism can’t tell us what a wild animal is truly experiencing

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Blue-faced, puffy-lipped monkey scores a rare conservation win Vietnam's Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys are one of the world's most endangered primates.

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‘That’s a losing battle’: baboon incursions cause tense human-wildlife standoff in Cape Town Animal rights activists disagree with authorities on how best to handle boom in primate population near Table Mountain

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Abandoned baby monkey finds comfort in stuffed orangutan, charming zoo visitors At a zoo outside Tokyo, the monkey enclosure has become a must-see attraction thanks to an inseparable pair: Punch, a baby Japanese macaque, and his stuffed orangutan companion.

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2 weeks ago

Fans flock to Japan zoo to see viral baby monkey Punch The six month old macaque's relationship with a soft toy orangutan has become an internet sensation.

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3 weeks ago

From the Damnthatsinteresting community on Reddit: Close up of gorilla beating his chest. Explore this post and more from the Damnthatsinteresting community

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3 weeks ago

Rare monkey with orange hair born at Whipsnade Zoo Zoo says the birth of the endangered François' langur offers hope for the survival of the species.

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3 weeks ago

From cigarette-smoking orangutans to lavender for lions: Melbourne Zoo’s dark history gives way to progressive animal care Tackling the tension between promoting conservation, keeping animals in captivity and its heavy history, the zoo has been reshaped around environmental awareness

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3 weeks ago

Bristol Zoo gorillas relocated to their new African enclosure All eight gorillas have now been moved to their new, larger home at the Bristol Zoo Project.

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1 month ago

Oregon primate center to negotiate transition to sanctuary The board of directors at Oregon Health & Science University, which runs the primate center, voted unanimously for the move.

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1 month ago

Orphaned Baby Orangutan Rescued from Captivity | Earth.Org In December, The Orangutan Project rescued Jack and transferred him to their BORA Rescue Centre in East Borne, Indonesia.

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8 months ago

Orangutans nap to make up for lost sleep, new study reveals Anybody who has ever struggled to get enough sleep knows just how much in life can interfere with our rest, and just how detrimental this can be to our health and happiness. Researchers from the Max P...

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1 month ago

"22% of US men believe they could beat a chimpanzee in a fight" – Here’s how humans actually stack up against the world’s 10 strongest primates | Discover Wildlife Discover the strongest primates on the planet…

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Risk-taking comes earlier in chimpanzees than in humans, study finds Chimpanzees appear to be the biggest daredevils when they’re infants. Humans tend to take more chances and put themselves in the most danger in adolescence, so the expectation has been that chimpanzee...

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Do apes have an imagination? A new study suggests Kanzi the bonobo did This famous ape may have understood pretend actions—suggesting he had the capacity to imagine

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Continuous Audio‐Visual Sensor Monitoring Is More Effective Than Human Observers for Detecting Moor Macaques Camera traps and PAM outperformed human transects in detecting moor macaques: sensors overcame point transect detectability after 2 days survey. Combining both audio-visual methods achieved highest d...

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1 month ago

Monkey World in Dorset welcomes pet primate legislation The new legislation requires new and existing private primate keepers to hold a licence.

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1 month ago

Brian Villmoare | Origins of Homo, African Fieldwork, and Cranial Evolution YouTube video by Our Primate Past

From the origins of Homo to fossil fieldwork in Africa, Dr Brian Villmoare explains how new discoveries are reshaping human evolution. Plus: where H. naledi and H. floresiensis fit in the hominin tree, best practices for fossil access, and whether Neanderthals and humans are the same species.

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