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The weird wild The odd things that animals do for pleasure — and ... - 19 Aug 2007
Standard,The most well known homosexual animal is the dwarf chimpanzee or bonobo, one of man’s closest relative. Their behaviour is almost scandalous because they
Zoo reminds us some animals should be caged - 19 Aug 2007
Fort Worth Star Telegram,At the World of Primates, an informational plaque described the chimpanzee as a "problem solver," although on this day this particular chimp's idea of
Remember why it's called the Fringe - 19 Aug 2007
Edmonton Journal,...with impressive deadpan, that on 7th April, 1852, she went to the zoo, and said to her other half, "That chimpanzee over there reminds me of you.
Uganda: Country's Oldest Chimp Makes 43 Years - Aug 15, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Zakayo, the alpha male in the Budongo chimpanzee group, was found in June 1972 at Semliki, in Bundibugyo district, when he was still a baby.
New Mexico Chimpanzee Cruelty Case to Get Second Look - Aug 12, 2007
All American Patriots (press release),...the Court to examine the lower court’s ruling in the deaths of two chimpanzees and injury to a third chimpanzee at the Alamogordo Primate Facility.
Elvis Lives on as a Robotic Head, Descended From a Chimpanzee - Aug 1, 2007
New York Times,By WARREN BUCKLEITNER If there is a rash of Elvis sightings later this month, it may be because of the arrival in stores of the WowWee Alive Elvis,
Sex, drama and social hierarchy - Aug 16, 2007
ANU Reporter,After volunteering at Taronga Zoo and spending time in Uganda on a chimpanzee research trip, the call of the wild had already struck a chord with Vanessa.
It's not just genes that sets us apart - Aug 13, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story Comparing Chimp, Human DNA (October 13, 2006) -- Most of the big differences between human and chimpanzee DNA lie in regions that do not code for
Chimpanzee matriarch dies in Sydney zoo - Jul 21, 2007
Los Angeles Times,One of the world's oldest chimps, Fifi, has died in Australia, zoo officials said Friday. Fifi, the matriarch of the 18 chimpanzees at Sydney's Taronga Zoo,
Out-of-state chimps to be first to live at sanctuary - Aug 14, 2007
Seattle Times,By AP YAKIMA — A new sanctuary for chimpanzees near Cle Elum, Kittitas County, will welcome its first seven residents next spring, the nonprofit Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee Zakayo turns 43 - Aug 1, 2007
New Vision,By Gerald Tenywa A SIX kilogramme cake is being baked to celebrate the 43rd birthday of Zakayo, the oldest chimpanzee at the Uganda Wildlife Education
Chimp Zakayo marks 43 years - Aug 15, 2007
The Monitor, Uganda,UGANDA'S oldest chimpanzee is just seven years away from the official life-expectancy in the country - 50 years. More than 100 schoolchildren,
Pennsylvania chimps moving to sanctuary near Cle Elum - Aug 13, 2007
Seattle Times,The nonprofit Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest says six females and one male will move from the Buckshire Corporation laboratory in Perkasie, Pennsylvania,
10 Elvis facts you need to know - Aug 16, 2007
Channel 4 News,He adopted a chimpanzee called Scatter. The monkey had a penchant for looking up women's skirts, 10. There is one animal - the Preseucoila Imallshookupis
Seeking peace may be monkey business - Aug 9, 2007
Cape Cod Times,Not heard of this cousin of the human species, as close to us as the popular chimpanzee? Well, the bonobo wasn't discovered until the 1920s,
Bonobos are celebrated as peace-loving, matriarchal, and sexually ... - Jul 22, 2007
New Yorker,Wind told me that he once wore a chimpanzee T-shirt to a bonobo event, and “got shit for it.�) It was Wind’s turn to perform. “Help Gaia and Gaia will help
Evolved for War - Aug 5, 2007
Boston Globe,You write that we can learn a lot about our wars by observing our nearest relative, the chimpanzee. The chimpanzee is the only other species,
Chimps get angry, but not spiteful - Jul 22, 2007
Daily Times,An angry chimpanzee will take revenge but — unlike a human — it will not do so out of spite, according to a study published on Monday that offers insights
Terminally-ill Chimp Asks Make-A-Wish for Opposable Thumbs - Aug 8, 2007
The Spoof (satire),Apples, a highly intelligent, sign-language-using chimpanzee at Washington's Chimpanzee and Human Communications Institute (CHCI), was diagnosed last month
Do Chimps Have Culture? - Aug 1, 2007
Scientist,By Bob Grant An entourage of subordinate chimps is gathered eagerly around Steward, the big alpha-male chimpanzee, at the Yerkes National Primate Research
THURSDAY: 7 pm to midnight - Jul 27, 2007
Globe and Mail,It has made them the most finely balanced ecosystems in the world, only too easily upset and destroyed by that other great ape, the chimpanzee's closet
Sierra Leone bans capture, killing of chimps - Jul 25, 2007
Reuters.uk,Ecologists say Sierra Leone's wild chimpanzee population has declined dramatically since around 20000 in the 1970s as a result of hunting, incursions on
Bonobos Left and Right - Aug 13, 2007
clusterflock,Whereas most observed chimpanzee killings occur during territorial disputes, bonobos engage in sex at their boundaries. They can be unfriendly to neighbors,
Local parrot gains national attention - Aug 13, 2007
WNDU-TV,Peaches watched the theatrics of an irate chimpanzee throw its fecal waste at a cement crew worker working near a chimp enclosure and has had a tendency to
Harbor Springs grad followed unique, global career path - Aug 8, 2007
Harbor Light,A group of children in a refugee camp, where Menzi had just helped develop a sustainable farm, were taken to explore a nearby chimpanzee park.
Working out the human story - Aug 18, 2007
The Age,WE'RE all familiar with the classic diagram of human evolution, the one with the hunched-over chimpanzee on the left morphing into an upstanding,
Cussing Zoo Worker Reverts Bird to Old Foul-Mouthed Ways - Aug 13, 2007
ShortNews.com,The man was busy pouring concrete near the chimpanzee exhibit when one of them threw feces at him, sending him into a cussing fit that Peaches heard.
Afrikaans version of 'Tintin' scrapped - Jul 29, 2007
Chicago Tribune,In the book, author Georges Remi depicts the white hero's adventures in the Congo against the backdrop of an idiotic, chimpanzee-like native population that
Solitary confinement ends for Guillermo - Aug 8, 2007
Fortnightly Tenerife News,It won’t be easy, but one thing’s for sure, there is no comparison with the life he left behind. Things are looking up for one sad chimpanzee.
Chimp sanctuary helps preserve species - Aug 17, 2007
Contra Costa Times,..."If we don't protect them, this species will be facing extinction," said Musumba Apuuli, a caregiver at the 100-acre chimpanzee refuge who is awed and
Legislation Would Guarantee Retirement for Chimpanzees After Years ... - Aug 3, 2007
E-Wire (press release),A last-minute section of the Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance and Protection Act, or CHIMP Act, enacted in 2000, allows NIH research chimps
Florida-bound chimps stranded after truck stolen - Aug 6, 2007
Palm Beach Post,Chimpanzee movements have been suspended indefinitely because of the theft. Noon's organization is rescuing chimpanzees who have been kept in tiny cages
Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time - Aug 6, 2007
Creative Loafing Atlanta,Bonobos, he writes, have recently earned a media reputation as love monkeys, gentle beasts who — unlike the warring chimpanzee — have copious amounts of sex
Waiting for Alan - Aug 17, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,...a young chimpanzee to do this"). Notwithstanding probing questions from O'Hagan, glimpses into the interior world of Mailer's writing proved fleeting.
suffering at the zoo - Aug 9, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia,Most disturbing was the single Chimpanzee with horrible hemorrhaging and inflammation of the anus and rear end. The animal was obviously in extreme pain.
Pam Fleming: Rumors of Jane Goodall's deathhave been greatly ... - Jul 26, 2007
Northville Record,Goodall's chimpanzee research continues at Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania — the longest running wildlife research project ever.
Refuge Sues For Return Of Chimpanzees - Aug 8, 2007
Post Chronicle...by Staff A Texas chimpanzee refuge is suing a Louisiana sanctuary, seeking the return of seven animals. The seven chimps were transferred to Chimp Haven
Ben Bova: Intelligence places us atop all primates; but what about ... - Jul 21, 2007
Naples Daily News,As far as our genes are concerned, the difference between you (or me) and a chimpanzee is less than 2 percent. Chimps are our closest genetic relatives,
Television movies for the week of August 19 - Aug 18, 2007
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,A professor uses a chimpanzee to prove that environment, not heredity, determines whether a child will turn to crime. (NR) (1:30) TCM: Fri. 8 PM Beef '03.
Tanzania's chimps are just like family, only hairier - Aug 10, 2007
Miami Herald,BY DIANE HAITHMAN At 16, Orion is a handsome chimpanzee. Despite his status as a creature of the wild, his glossy black coat looks as if it were combed and
Peaches a perfect pick for a summer snack - Jul 25, 2007
Dothan Eagle,To prove her point, Mary Nell illustrated the cookbook with pictures of a cute chimpanzee in an apron, which never fails to bring a chuckle even though I’ve
One of world‘s oldest chimps dies at 60 - Jul 23, 2007
Meadow Free Press,..."Keepers have been saddened by the peaceful passing of their oldest and much loved Chimpanzee, Fifi," the zoo said. Chimps have an average life expectancy
Daily Show's John Hodgman takes on candidates' wardrobe decisions - Aug 1, 2007
Raw Story,..."He had a beard," retorted Hodgman. "Soup would stain his whiskers for weeks. ... His cabinet ... would spend hours grooming him, like a chimpanzee."
An Ape Types in Iowa - Aug 8, 2007
New York Times,A bonobo is a small chimpanzee-like ape. Which you would know if you lived here. Shumaker is the lead scientist at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, which houses
Weaponized BlackBerry - Aug 16, 2007
Scientific AmericanHere I defer to Richard W. Young of UCLA Medical School: It has been proposed that the hominid lineage began when a group of chimpanzee-like apes began to
Its Poor Reputation Aside, Our Fat Is Doing Us a Favor - Aug 6, 2007
New York Times,Indeed, evolutionary biologists have proposed that our relative plumpness compared with our closest nonhuman kin, the chimpanzee, may help explain our
Chimps go bananas over new home - Aug 17, 2007
Concord Monitor,..."If we don't protect them, this species will be facing extinction," said Musumba Apuuli, a caregiver at the 100-acre chimpanzee refuge who is awed and
Goodall, mayor join animal cruelty appeal - Jul 25, 2007
KOB.com,SANTA FE (AP) - Chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall is asking New Mexico’s highest court to let her participate in an appeal of a recent animal cruelty case.
Banana cake for birthday boy Zakayo - Aug 15, 2007
Independent Online,By Katy Pownall Entebbe, Uganda - Uganda's oldest captive chimpanzee turned 43 on Wednesday with a banana cake and "regular love and grooming" from his
FALSE FRIENDS - Aug 5, 2007
Hartford Courant,Two other young chimps, Emma and Jackson, who lived in the former PPI director's garage, were moved to Oregon and integrated into a chimpanzee family at a
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