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Rare Monkey Interbred With Baboons, Study Suggests
Animals  (tags: wildlife, animals, Monkey, baboons, Study, research )

Katie
- 122 days ago - livescience.com
One of Africa's rarest monkeys likely interbred with baboons in its past, new genetic research suggests. The large monkey called Rungwecebus kipunji, or kipunji for short, was only discovered in 2003, and in 2006 it was found to be an entirely............
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Africa's Rarest Monkey Interbred With Baboons
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, monkeys, baboons, interbred, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 128 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The most extensive DNA study to-date of Africa's rarest monkey reveals that the species had an intriguing sexual past. Of the last two remaining populations of the recently discovered kipunji, one population shows evidence of past mating with baboons
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ACTION ALERT; Mass Killing Of Baboons By Timber Companies In South Africa!!!
Animals  (tags: mass slaughtere, baboons, endangered, killed, timber companies, south africaanimalcruelty, wildlife, protection, humans )

Simone
- 216 days ago - africanconservation.org
Thank You all for taking the time and energy to read this: South Africa's baboons are being killed on a mass scale and urgently need your help to stop the killing. MASS KILLING OF BABOONS IN THE SABIE AREA - PRIMATE XENOPHOBIA: TIMBER
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Female Baboons Exploit Chaperones
Animals  (tags: animals, baboons, behaviours, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 277 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Having a caring friend around seems to greatly benefit the females and their infants, as both are harassed less by other baboons when in the company of their male pal.
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Being Sociable Is Good for Your Health - If You're a Baboon
Animals  (tags: animals, baboons, social behaviour, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 283 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Female baboons that form strong social bonds have longer-lived offspring. The need to maintain such relationships may be one of the factors that drove the evolution of bigger brains in humans
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Leucistic Baboons of the Luangwa Valley
Animals  (tags: animals, baboons, leucistic, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 308 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Another reader, Steve Tolan, of the Chipembele Wildlife Education Centre (www.chipembele.org) has also seen some leucistic baboons inthe Luangwa Valley. There does seem to be a "leucistic hotspot" in the Luangwa, as we have had several reports of
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Mass Killing Of Baboons By Timber Companies In South Africa ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, killing, baboons, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 321 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
PLEASE SIGN THE FOLLOWING PETITION CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM TO BE PLACED ON THE KILLING OF BABOONS BY TIMBER COMPANIES IN THE MPUMALANGA AREA.
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Baby Baboons at Edinburgh Zoo ! Video !
Animals  (tags: baboons, births, zoos, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 349 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Edinburgh Zoo welcomes three baby gelada baboons - the first to be born at the zoo. Georgina Cook, primate keeper at the zoo, said the babies, Chandu, Chilbale and Chiku, were given African names to reflect the species Ethiopian origin.
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Leopard Nurtures Baby Baboon After Killing It's Mother   video
Animals  (tags: leopards, baboons, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 349 days ago - youtube.com
An amazing video showing the natural disposition of all creatures having mercy. The leopard kills the baboon as prey, then realises it had a day old baby.
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There's Nothing Religious About Smuggling Endangered Monkey Meat Into New York
Animals  (tags: cruelty, primates, baboons, monkeys, religion, law )

Scarlett
- 440 days ago - treehugger.com
Customs agents discovered dozens of pieces of endangered baboons and monkeys hidden in a package filled with smoked fish at Kennedy Airport. The judge has thrown out that defense that the smugger needed the dead primates for religious purposes...
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2 Baboons Killed at Texas Animal Center By Heat-Lamp Fire ~ Video
Animals  (tags: texas, animal center, wildlife, wild animals, baboons, killed, fire, endangered, extinction, habitat, sadness, humans, suffering, protection )

Jacquelin
- 488 days ago - txcn.com
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas -- The operators of Animal World and Snake Farm say a heat lamp is to blame for a weekend fire that killed two baboons in their enclosure. The baboons Mufasa and Mindy were originally reported as missing after the Friday night fire
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People Lack Understanding About Animals
Animals  (tags: animals, understanding, wildanimals, pets, dogs, cats, birds, wildlife, protection, baboons, manatees )

Cher
- 886 days ago - seattlepi.nwsource.com
Most people don't realize animals think or feel, or that they are often logical and extremely communicative. Constantly amazed at how ignorant my fellow humans are about animals. Yet humans attribute the ignorance to the animals rather than to themselves.
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