The Horn Of Africa

2. The animals in horn Africa: obviously, this region has over 220 different species of animals. Among them, we have baboon, Hamadryas, ammodile, desert warthog, the Somali wild ass, and the Somali pygmy

Robert Sapolsky is a neuroendocrinologist who wrote about his twenty years of work out in the national park of East Africa. Sapolsky’s turned his adventure into a novel, A Primate 's Memoir: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among Baboons, where he discusses the life of baboons and how they are similar to humans. I will analyze Sapolsky’s novel by explaining the complex social hierarchy he witnessed and discuss the ways in which the social hierarchy and rank system among baboons might compare to that of humans. I will then analyze how studying non-human primates in a natural setting is valuable, and will also explain how the scientific study of these non-human primates ultimately provides insight into not only our evolutionary past

Primates have always been a fascination of author Robert Sapolsky who wrote an autobiography about a trip he took to Kenya as a research undergraduate student. Part 1 is named the adolescent years and talks about when Sapolsky first joined the baboon trip to Kenya. It introduces his research assignment, how stress affected a primates health, and the baboons he recorded his data from. Soloman was the alpha male and Leah was the alpha female. Devorah was the most eligible female in the group. Ruth, a lower-ranking baboon, who had difficulty finding a mate settled down with Joshua, another lower-ranking baboon. They soon had Obadiah. Uriah a large baboon who transferred into the group in the spring persisted a challenge against Soloman until he

Many similarities can be drawn between Sapolski’s A Primate’s Memoir and the documentary Look who’s talking. From the size of a community to the way the animals communicate, baboons distinguish themselves from other social species. The wolf lives in a small pack to assure its survival; the bee lives in a hive with thousands of other workers; the ant lives in a very large colony; the baboon lives in a troop. At the top of a baboon troop’s hierarchy is an alpha male. He assures his reign through

At the Lowery Park Zoo located in Tampa Florida, I was able to conduct a field project on primates. These primates that I focused on are divided into the suborders Anthropoidea and Prosimii (. The first primate on my list is classified as a prosimian, the Ring-Tailed Lemur or the Lemur catta are located on the African island of Madagascar. Next I turned to the Mandrill or Mandrillus sphinx that fall in the suborder of Anthropoids, these monkeys are located in Nigeria, Africa. Lastly my attention was drawn to the Siamang Gibbon or Symphalangus syndactylus who also fell in the category of Anthropoids and are located in Malaysia and Sumatra. These monkeys all being related do have many differences among them as well as comparisons as I have

They like to live in the lower part of the trees. During the day, the Calabar Angwantibo likes to sleep in tree branches. They will hunt for food at night. The male Calabar Angwantibo prefers to hunt for food alone. They eat insects, and they prefer caterpillars.

G. g. gorillas generally have a home range between seven to 14 km2 (Cipolletta, 2004). A study done in Congo on four different western lowland groups found that nearly three quarters (73%) of the focal group’s home range was used by them alone, while they shared the border of their home range with the three other groups. The majority of interactions that occurred between the different groups was due to access for food. The group sizes comprised of four to six adults, and their offspring. All four groups were composed of a dominant male silverback, and three to four females (Bermejo, 2004).

g e n u s o f s​u b f a m i l y ​P h a c o c h o e r i n a e . T h e y a r e f o u n d i n o p e n a n d s e m i o p e n h a b i t a t s , e v e n i n q u i t e arid regions, in s​ub­Saharan Africa.​The two species were formerly considered conspecific under the scientific name Phacochoerus aethiopicus, but today this is limited to the d​esert warthog,​ while the best­known and most widespread species, the c​ommon warthog​is Phacochoerus africanus.

The complex world of primates revolves around a spectrum of different behaviors and physical features that can be intertwined with their evolutionary history and current ecosystem. Two species of baboons that share a common ancestor dating back twenty million years ago are Papio hamadryas and Theropithecus gelada (Falk, 173). More commonly called as hamadryas baboons and geladas, they are known to share many characteristics because of this common lineage. In fact, they are categorized under the same order of classification, down to the same subfamily of primates, known as cercopithecidae. Despite sharing a common subfamily, these two species of baboons manage to encompass divergent qualities in response to their environment.

Observation: A greater amounts of insects were located near a water sources, compared to areas which were distant from a water source.

The Barbus barbus is also known as the barb. Barb live in slow moving rivers and lagoons. They eat other fish, shrimp, and algae. The Barbus barbus can be identified by its many rows of teeth, its many colors, such as black, white, yellow, orange, red and silver; and its scales. The Barb is not a concern when it comes to its conservation.

Not only are these large government agencies a huge factor in the conservation of bonobos, but national parks also play a large role. Salonga is probably the most important national park related to the conservation efforts being the only national park in bonobo territory. The national park coordinated a large survey through the region to better estimate the exact number of bonobos (GREAT APE CONSERVATION). This in turn can further research, keep up with the current conservation strategy to see if it is in fact working and better design new conservation techniques that can be proposed in the future.

They live throughout Africa, on the Red Sea coast of Arabia, and in Asia from Afghanistan to Japan and southeast to the islands of the Philippines, Celebes, Bacan, and Timor.

The book includes a clear outline of the history of conservation in Africa, coupled with stories of Africans involved in conservation management. The authors explain the issues around African conservation as well as including their own input and potential solutions. One of the main points presented is that the myth that Africans and wildlife being incompatible must be broken. It is evident that Africans are just as passionate about their wildlife like the rest of the world and the authors try to bring this across to the rest of the world. However, conservationists must make sure that rural people are acknowledged and that they engage in conservation efforts to make sure projects are successful. Due to the age of the book, several issues are more prominent than others, such as habitat loss and overpopulation, and that the solutions to these issues will have changed with the development of technology. Public awareness and the education of issues are now more achievable and effective due to the advancement in communication in the form of social media and the fact many Africans own a mobile phones. The involvement of local communities will always be important in conservation and most of the points brought across in the book about the past will remain relevant. An update or a companion book including discussions of new issues threats

Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Los Angeles zoo on a beautiful, sunny Thursday (October 19th). Although I arrived off schedule which left a minimal amount of time to observe primates, I managed my time well. After being told that the larger animals get put away earlier, I figured my first stop would be at an ape enclosure. The ape I chose to see that day was the gorilla. The time that I began my observation was at approximately 3:05. At that time only one ape was quite visible and he was sitting at the front making eye contact with me making it seem as if he is HABITUATED. Next, post gorilla watching, I had the chance to take a gander at the ring railed lemurs at 3:40. These prosimians all had their own personalities which interested me deeply. Lastly, and certainly not least on my journey through the LA zoo, I had the chance of looking at the mandrills which were once classified as baboons. Considering that two baby mandrills were present and only a month old, this was my favorite exhibit to see because of their high energy and randomness of actions.