Chimpanzees shoot their own movie with "chimpcam"
Jan/100
A new experiment at Edinburgh zoo has allowed a group of chimpanzees to film their own movie with a special camera. The experiment was devised by a pr…
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Chimpanzees shoot their own movie with "chimpcam"
Are Gorillas Doomed? Is the UN making a huge mistake?
Jul/090
Before I get into this important topic, please read my article on cancer dedicated to someone special to me, each view constitutes a larger donation to cancer research. http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/27/help-me-fight-cancer/
Problem
Almost one half of non-human primates are at risk of extinction, and none more so than gorillas. Gorillas are disappearing at an alarming rate, mostly a victim of their surroundings. Political unrest, wars, poachers, miners, and loggers all converging in a perfect storm of brutality and human depravity, killing one of our closest living relatives. Gorilla’s DNA is 98-99% an exact match for human DNA, just barely trailing our closest living relatives (genus Pan, chimpanzees and bonobos). Unfortunately for the gorillas, they occupy a region rich in tin, diamonds, gold and coltan (a rare mineral used to create capacitors for cellphones, games consoles and laptops).
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Are Gorillas Doomed? Is the UN making a huge mistake?
Can Chimpanzees Get Aids?
Jul/090
For many years, scientists agreed that chimpanzees (and other animals) could not get anything like AIDS. New Research from Dr. Beatrice Hahn at the University of Alabama changes all of that.
Dr. Hahn and others released a report last week showing that chimpanzees can get an AIDS-like illness.
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Can Chimpanzees Get Aids?
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