The Importance Of Bonobos And Well Rounded Animals

“In their natural homes in the wild, chimpanzees humans’ closest living genetic relatives”, who are more like us than they’re like gorillas are never separated from their families and troops . “Profoundly social beings, they spend every day together exploring, crafting and using tools to solve problems, foraging, playing, grooming each other, and making soft nests for sleeping each night” . They care deeply for their families and forge lifelong friendships . Chimpanzee mothers are loving and protective, nursing their infants and sharing their nests with them for four to six years . They have excellent memories and share cultural traditions with their children and peers . They empathize with one another and console their friends when they’re upset . They help others, even at a personal cost to themselves . When one of another

Primates are one of the most interesting mammals on earth, not only because of their complex social structures, but because they hold so many similar characteristics to humans. Primates are often cited as our closest living relatives and on two separate occasions I observed four separate species of primates at the San Diego Zoo that can justify their use of their physical characteristics and behaviors that may be similar as well as different to the other primates and ours.

-Bonobo’s display a varied degree of sexual dimorphism, which is a characteristic specific to either male or female sex. When comparing the two sexes, males are more muscular and hold an average weight of 95 pounds compared to an average of 82 pounds and a slighter built female, a 15 percent weight difference between them.  Sexual dimorphism is also apparent in that males possess a unique dental trait, long canines, a feature that females lack.  Both sexes are similar in that neither has a height advantage, averaging 2.3 to 3 feet in height. (Waal 24)  Bonobo’s possess long, fine black hair covering most of the body and black colored hands and feet.  Their black faces feature wide, thick walled nostrils and long black facial hair that often covers their small ears.  Their head hair

Within this essay, we will study more in depth the behavioral as well as physical traits of two primates at a zoo from their interaction with their peers to their place in the group. This observation would enable us to further understand the possible existing correlation between humans and primates. First, I studied a female chimpanzee with her baby, and then, a dominant male gorilla, in San Francisco Zoo at about noon, on May 23, 2015, for an hour each. Even though they share some similarities such as having a large brain, living for a long time, and being bored in their enclosure, they are still different; when gorillas are the largest, chimpanzees are the smartest. In fact, chimps use tools to catch food, they would not be able to reach

Most primates do not shape their environment in an adaptive way. They use it as it is without modification. The sleeping nests of the great apes are poor, roofless constructions created for only one night. Monkeys simply sleep on convenient tree branches without making nests. No primate other than humans is known to store food. They have a hand-to-mouth economy which forces everyone to seek food and

The book Endangered is about the journey of survival and the connection between a young American girl (Sophie) and a bonobo monkey (Otto) in The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sophie’s mother lives in the Congo and runs a bonobo sanctuary. While on her way to the sanctuary to visit her mother for the summer, Sophie sees a man on the side of the road with a bonobo. She notices how malnourished and how bad the bonobo looks and against the rules of her mother, Sophie purchases the bonobo. When she reaches the sanctuary her mother is upset because even though she had good intentions of saving the bonobos life, bargaining with the man Sophie inadvertently promoted the illegal sale of the endangered bonobos. While at the sanctuary Sophie struggles to improve Otto’s health and a

One day, on her way to her mother’s sanctuary, Sophie spots a bush meat trader, along with a small young bonobo walking with him. Sophie could easily tell that this bonobo had been through very rough times, since he had a few fingers missing, small bald patches, thick ropes coiled around him, and he was grinning from ear to ear. Anybody else would think that he was really happy. However, hearing this from her mom, who was an expert on bonobos, a grinning bonobo most likely meant that it was terrified. Despite her normal belief: Humans before animals, feeling pity and love for the bonobo, and wanting to impress her mom, in hope of getting her attention for once, she buys the bonobo. Even though the man had retailed the bonobo for a hundred dollars, Sophie gives him sixty, which was all her pocket money. Since hunting and selling bonobos is the only way to feed his family, the man greedily accepts. When Sophie shows the bonobo to her mom, she gets the opposite reaction of pride from her, fury. For years, her mom had fought and worked hard to stop bush meat traders, like that man and it had started to show progress, however, Sophie may have just singlehandedly, unwittingly encouraged the bonobo black market all over again. Sure enough, the same man returns at the sanctuary, along with two shivering infant bonobos in a cage. Sophie and her mom know very well that the only way hunters take baby bonobos is by killing their entire family first. Sophie’s mom angrily sends him off, then calmly discusses with Sophie that the bonobo, who Sophie named Otto, is now Sophie’s responsibility. Hearing the word “responsibility” clicks in Sophie’s mind. She realizes that, for the first time in her life, she is responsible for another living being, that Otto’s life is in her hands, considering his really bad state. “During my childhood, I’d only half

Gentle, peaceful & shy are the words that describe gorillas. Gorillas in the mountains & eastern lowland areas are totally vegetarian & eat leaves, fruits, & stems like bamboo. On the other hand, gorillas in the Western lowlands eat small invertebrates & insects apart from plants. It’s anticipated that approximately 80% of gorilla population’s extinct, because of the destruction of their habitat, humans hunting them down & diseases as a result of Ebola

Diets will not always be the same between other groups, which also means behaviors wouldn’t be the same either.

The three sites where hunting has been observed in bonobo populations are Wamba, Lamaki and Lui Kotale. Chimpanzees have been observed more often in hunting prey, and the few cases of hunting in bonobos could be attributed to a lower level of violence found in bonobo populations. At the site of Lui Kotale, in the Salonga national Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo fresh bonobo feces was analyzed on a regular basis to see what the bonobo diet consisted of. The samples are first broken down to find the bigger undigested material, ten run through mesh to pull out anything else.

We investigated whether terrestrial behavior in titi monkeys is affected by study duration, group habituation, fruit availability, presence/absence of humans and predators, and forest height. Titi monkeys used the ground to perform many standard activities, such as resting, moving, feeding, and geophagy, as well as to disperse between forest

We could test whether bonobos and orangutans can fully understand the concept of future planning by conducing inexperienced subjects in future research. In this way, we may be able to perceive the deviations between different subjects. Also, we may observe how behavioral variations occur across different species and social contexts.

Depending on the environment and season is how they determine whatever eat. Lowland gorillas are able to eat plenty of fruit because they're more on the ground, while gorillas living in the mountains may eat more green plants. The gorilla's have strong teeth and massive chewing muscles this helps them have better chewing habits. As I mentioned before, gorillas are most closely related to us. They have senses very similar to humans, like hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch. As well as their hands. They have five fingers, along with a thumb and their feet have five toes, including an big toe. Gorillas can grasp things with both their hands and their feet similar to humans. Gorillas have interesting physical characteristics. The male may be 6 feet tall and a weight of about 400 pounds. The female can be about half the weight of the male. Although their bones are thicker and they are stronger then us humans, their skull is somewhat similar to ours. The gorillas spine are not similar to humans therefor it can’t stand up straight the way we can. Their life span is about 35 to 40 years. Gorillas usually stay on the ground. It’s rare you see them in trees but when you do they’re sleeping, and where they do sleep in trees they build nests. Gorillas also have a different way of moving called “knuckle-walking". Gorillas use the long arms they have inherited from there ancestors for life on the ground. Their legs are shorter than their arms, and also a wide chest that goes along with a short, ponderous

I decided to look at the sexual behavior of bonobos because they are known for their frequent sexual behavior. Though they are not one of the types of great apes mentioned in the book, a bonobo is nonetheless a great ape that belongs in the same genus as the common chimpanzee. Furuichi et al. observed bonobos in their naturalistic habitat in Wamba, Democratic Republic

Oh! I just remembered, how foolish of me not to formally introduce myself and most importantly, my specie. So let us do that first if you do not mind. I am Seraiah and I am a Bonobo ape. I, along with my family, live in the continent of Africa around the areas of Congo and Zaire (Stanford, 1998). I live in a rainforest – specifically in Congo – with abundant amounts of food, mostly vegetation because that is what we like eating (André et al., 2016; Donovan, 2011; & Miller, 2007). This rainforest is where I grew up in and I will never ask for a better place. The air around me or the climate is humid, perfect for us, Bonobos. The scenery is, and will always be, breathtaking. There are different varieties of trees with different heights everywhere you look (Oddizzi, 2004). The green color that greets me at each turn, and the sound of different animals—from crickets to birds—is like an invitation for me to relax and just enjoy life with my family. The best part of my home is the tiny swamp just a few meters away. We love going in the water regularly just to relax, but we do not swim, not at all (André et al.,