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  • Malaysian PM wants orangutans to attract eco-tourists to mainland (21 Mar 2010 20:56)

    ... the Malaysian part of Borneo does have orangutan sanctuaries, mainland Malaysia does not. The PM ... their fellow primates to be moved. Although chimpanzees do have more DNA in common with ...

  • New themes for Gen-Y artists (21 Mar 2010 09:20)

    ... glimpse into the minds of the young artists. So you have the famous three monkeys of Mahatma Gandhi in their modern avatar - chimpanzees: one wearing a pair of ear-phones, another flashing his teeth and the third one ...

  • Trade in endangered animals flourishing in Middle East, fueled by corruption, weak legislation (17 Mar 2010 07:33)

    ... dark tunnels of Gaza, bound for private zoos. Rare prize falcons are kept in desert ... wealthy Arab sheiks. The trade in endangered animals is flourishing in the Middle East, fueled ... species ... like very rare parrots, young chimpanzees, gorillas and leopards that seem to be ...

  • Mind-reading gorillas love a good game (16 Mar 2010 12:54)

    ... the UK videoed gorillas at San Francisco Zoo. As well as engaging with a toy and another gorilla, the animals seemed aware of how their playmate was ... says he has seen this behaviour in chimpanzees before. Iona Stewart at ZSL London Zoo, ...

  • Environment May Impact Apes' Ability to Understand Declarative Communication, Study Suggests (20 Mar 2010 04:22)

    ... would affect understanding of declarative signals in chimpanzees and bonobos. Three groups of apes were tested in this study. One group ... humans, these interactions were limited to basic animal-care contexts such as feeding. The other two ...

  • New wild animal regulations in Connecticut (19 Mar 2010 02:21)

    ... made headlines around the world. A 200-pound chimpanzee escapes from its home in Stamford, Connecticut and ... injured before police shoot and kill the animal. The chimp was a longtime pet. State ...

  • There were 18,500 humans in the world 1.2 million years ago (20 Mar 2010 09:02)

    ... for other primates then are 21,000 for chimpanzees and 25,000 for gorillas. In biological terms, it seems, humans were ... larger brains than those of their fellow apes had not yet produced any big payoff. ...

  • Authors to write modern Just So Stories (16 Mar 2010 15:35)

    ... Boyd's Just When story will feature a chimpanzee. Photograph: Furuvik Zoo/AP More than 100 years, oh Best Beloved, ... authors writing a short story about an animal of their choice. Boyd, author of Restless ...

  • Where Have All The Werewolves Gone? (16 Mar 2010 16:22)

    ... backward a problem which still haunts cryptozoology today. In 1886, Cornell University physiologist Simon ... brought to Europe, an Orang-Outang (probably a chimpanzee) in a local menagerie. The first thorough ... name Pygmie and his discussion of mythical animals made a temporal connection between the Satyrs ...

  • DEM. REPUBLIC of CONGO - Congo Connection (19 Mar 2010 18:52)

    ... and miners for meat. Elephants, hippopotamuses and chimpanzees have also met a similar fate. Claims ... is quite amazing to be seeing these animals in the wild. They show no fear ... the war than the plight of people. Zoos have begun asking consumers to recycle their ...

  • State House OKs ban on primates as pets (20 Mar 2010 09:36)

    ... bleak budget, but Illinois lawmakers spent Friday monkeying around. The House voted 105-2 to join ... a Connecticut woman by a friend's pet chimpanzee. Chico the Monkey, one of Chicago's last ... He lived with Bob Hoffman, owner of Animal Kingdom Pet Center at 2980 N. Milwaukee, ...

  • Beirut set to sign accord to protect endangered species (16 Mar 2010 21:21)

    ... protecting endangered species and plants, a local animal welfare organization has said. Agriculture Minister Hussein ... export endangered species. Elephants, big cats and chimpanzees are just some of the species known ... found in unregulated pet shops or private zoos. In December, Animals Lebanon alerted Hajj Hassan ...

  • Change.org To Push 10 Winning Ideas in Washington (18 Mar 2010 17:17)

    ... national call for Universal School Gardens. End Chimpanzee Experiments, Pass the Great Ape Protection Act by Physicians Committee for Responsible ... that ban invasive experiments on these amazing animals.” by Ted Nunn, a peace activist from ...

  • David Suzuki: Brain over brawn is the key to human survival (18 Mar 2010 03:35)

    ... and they were impressive. They were huge animals, armed with weapons like spikes on their ... elephant. It wasnt as strong as a chimpanzee, and it couldnt see like an eagle, ... continent on Earth. Humans eventually outnumbered other mammals on the planet. Their high brain-to-brawn ratio ...

  • Humane Society urges ULL to release nine chimps (17 Mar 2010 23:56)

    ... Wednesday called for the release of nine chimpanzees housed at the University of Louisiana at ... at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center. The animals were part of the university’s cognitive research ...

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