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Bonobo cannibalism?
Hey everyone, check this out: Wild bonobo mother ape eats own infant in DR Congo By Matt Walker Editor, Earth News A wild bonobo has been seen cannibalising her own recently deceased two and a...
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one more...
ok, just one more pic of Lukaya being a good mom!! when bonobos spend too much time with humans, they tend to reject their young. we had that problem with Mimi, who lived with a human family for 15...
View ArticleLola's bonobos in the news!!
It's a great week for bonobos in the news this week and these very bonobos were from Lola!! This is the work Tory (Victoria) was doing in Lola in 2007 with the...
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Noki's baby
Ok back to Lola now and I'm a little behind on all the news - but Noki had a baby!! Noki is one of the cat burglers at Lola - she is also a prolific tool user - which bonobos haven't been seen to do in...
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Noki & Val
ooo - i got this photo from Val when Noki just arrived at Lola. Val is a volunteer at Lola - and has been for 15 years. She works practically full time handling Lola's accounts - the sanctuary wouldn't...
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Noki and baby...
Noki and her baby are in wonderful health! they've been released into the enclosures. Noki is nursing her baby well and protecting her from slapping branches and the sun. but she is also very proud and...
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David Reid
I have some photos I've been meaning to post from David Reid who went to Lola a few months ago. I've post them all over the next few weeks!This is Makali, a bonobo rescued from a biomedical centre. He...
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Bisengo the little prince
This is little Bisengo, who I have known since he was born. He is the perfect example of an alpha bonobo. So we usually say that the females are in charge of bonobo groups, but actually it the babies -...
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smelling the lilies?
I always love photos of the photos with the lilies - they look so romantic - liek htey're just inhaling their faint heady scent. But actually it's the scene before they chomp them up - which doesn't...
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Bigfoot has hair
Not sure if you remember the furore of the bigfoot photo where someone actually took my photos and entered it into a bigfoot competition! but now the original bigfoot, Bandundu, has finally grown some...
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a little dip
Temperatures at Lola can hit 90oF with 100% humidity. Here is Manono, our Olympic swimmer having a little dipphoto: David Reid
View Articleback online
Hi everyone,sorry i was offline for so long, leaving you with no updates on the bonobos! i had a small medical issue and i took a while to get better but i'm back online.Also, i started another blog at...
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Beni at the release site
My husband Brian was just at the release site, looking at the potential to do long term studies there with the released bonobos.He followed some of the released bonobos for a while, which was a nex...
View ArticleWhat's a bonobo?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-inner-bonobo/201004/whats-bonobo
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A goodbye handshake
So my hubby Brian is a hard science kind of guy, and he doesn't usually get into the whole anthropomorphism, huggy state that i do with the bonobos.but before he left the release site, something...
View Article'Can animals be gay?' - are you serious NYT?
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party in basankusu
The bonobo release had a party to celebrate the success of the release! It was a great opportunity to get the local community involved in the celebration and spread awareness...
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Claudine coming to America! Attention North Carolina!
Internationally renowned conservationist Claudine André will visit Duke University April 14-18 as part of the "Primate Palooza," an effort to raise awareness for our primate relatives.André founded and...
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more on the basankusu party
Just got some more photos from Suzy at the release site. She writes:Our education program at the release site has been going great! We had t-shirts made with the Ekolo ya bonobo logo on it and had a...
View Articlealmost forgot!
Brian said he spent hours with Lomela at the release site - and she's doing great!i told him to get photos but he lost his camera (idiot) so you'll just have to take my word for it for now. will try...
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