Dan Belton ( No Badger Cull ) In Memoriam
As I Sat Sadly By Her Side
More apes I'm afraid, this is the baby bonobo ( Pan paniscus ) Lopori, I'm not sure if it's her real mum or foster mum; really touching to see them interacting, something I've always wanted to see : ) Taken at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire.
From the Bonobo Conservation Initiative :
' It is difficult to answer the question: "What is a Bonobo?" Bonobos are complex beings with profound intelligence, emotionality, and sensitivity. It's like asking the question: "What is a human?" And, how do you answer? Philosophers, scientists, and mystics have been trying to figure it out for thousands of years!
Biologically speaking, bonobos are the closest you can get to being human without being human. Bonobos look more like humans than other apes, and display many behavioral similarities as well. Bonobos and people share more than 98% of the same genetic make-up (DNA). Bonobos and their cousins the chimpanzees, are more closely related genetically to us than they are to gorillas! But, like gorillas, they dwell only in the equatorial forests of central Africa, the cradle of humanity itself. '
The website....
www.bonobo.org/whatisabonobo.html
Bonobos on ARKive......
www.arkive.org/bonobo/pan-paniscus/
The Nick Cave song........
As I Sat Sadly By Her Side
More apes I'm afraid, this is the baby bonobo ( Pan paniscus ) Lopori, I'm not sure if it's her real mum or foster mum; really touching to see them interacting, something I've always wanted to see : ) Taken at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire.
From the Bonobo Conservation Initiative :
' It is difficult to answer the question: "What is a Bonobo?" Bonobos are complex beings with profound intelligence, emotionality, and sensitivity. It's like asking the question: "What is a human?" And, how do you answer? Philosophers, scientists, and mystics have been trying to figure it out for thousands of years!
Biologically speaking, bonobos are the closest you can get to being human without being human. Bonobos look more like humans than other apes, and display many behavioral similarities as well. Bonobos and people share more than 98% of the same genetic make-up (DNA). Bonobos and their cousins the chimpanzees, are more closely related genetically to us than they are to gorillas! But, like gorillas, they dwell only in the equatorial forests of central Africa, the cradle of humanity itself. '
The website....
www.bonobo.org/whatisabonobo.html
Bonobos on ARKive......
www.arkive.org/bonobo/pan-paniscus/
The Nick Cave song........