Articles: chimpanzee
Intimate Conversation with Dr. Jane Goodall
animal cruelty, chimpanzee, Fear Free, gorillas, human animal bond, veterinary health, wild animals, wildlife
I’ve interviewed thousands, but never anyone like Dr. Jane Goodall, who should receive the next Nobel Peace Prize. My hope is that you support this effort. Dr. Goodall, who just celebrated her 85th birthday on April 3, is in person a slight women, who talks softly. Still, make no mistake about her ability to speak…
Chimpanzees Get Drunk
chimpanzee
There’s AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) – Now, there’s AAA (Alcoholic Ape Anonymous). A 17-year study revealed chimpanzees use leaves to drink fermented palm sap, which makes them drunk if they over-indulge. Some are addicted. Scientists studying chimpanzees in Guinea, Africa have seen evidence of long-term and recurrent ingestion of ethanol by apes. The study – published…
Ebola Rampant in Great Apes
chimpanzee, Ecotourism, Ecotours, gorilla, Gorilla Project, mountain gorillas, veterinary health
The Ebola crisis has currently killed an estimated 11,205 people, according to the World Health Organization, as of March 11, 2015. Though is the U.S. Ebola is out of the new, the crisis still exists in West Africa. People continue to die. And what we are not hearing about, so are our cousins, the Great Apes.…
Unlikely Animal Friends
animals, cats, chicks, chimpanzee, deer, dogs, entertainment, funny cats, kitten, orangutan, pets, pig
An orangutan and a dog as best pals makes perfect sense, but how about piglets and a tiger. Sometimes nature is hard to figure out….but adorable. (Thanks to Dennis Damon for the post)
Lincoln Park Zoo and Animals Lose a Friend
chimpanzee, gorilla, zoos
Sometimes people impact your life so profoundly….sometimes they are school teachers, one of mine was an animal teacher, named Pat Sass. My interest in animals goes back many years, and includes more than pets. Back when I was in college (University of Illinois, Chicago), I had a regular contingent of guests on my college radio…
Chimpanzees Trading Sex for Meat?
chimpanzee, wild animals
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute in Germany studied a group of Chimpanzees in the Ivory Coast for three years. It was known that chimpanzees do sometimes hunt, and do eat meat. Meat is valuable to the chimps. Researchers discovered that female chimps ‘have relations’ more frequently with those males that share meat with them.…
Chimpanzee Plans Attacks on Humans
chimpanzee, zoos
A surprising number of people don’t much care about science, and just don’t believe we’re as closely linked to chimpanzees as we are. You’ve probably heard it all before – many studies come up with the same result. Most recently, scientists from the Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, examined key genes in humans…
Need Market Advice, Ask A Chimp
chimpanzee, entertainment
Picking stocks, apparently any chimpanzee can do it The University of Cambridge in the UK confirms that chimpanzees are smarter than we think. Researchers there offered three apes the London Daily News. Then on a chalk board offered them investment choices. The same choices were presented to professional investment brokers. If they had real money…
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