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Last year, the eyes of the world were on Rwanda as it hosted World Environment Day (WED). As part of the event, the WED Global Community was given three wild baby gorillas to name.
14/06/2011
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A baby white-cheeked gibbon named Nakai is being hand reared at Perth Zoo after his mother struggled to care for him after his birth.
Perth Zoo primate keeper Holly Thompson said the 8-week-old gibbon required around the clock care.
"He's on nine feeds a day of a milk formula," she said.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/mp/9638859/zoo-welcomes-birth-of-rare-gibbon/
14/06/2011
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A pair of twin mountain gorillas have been born in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, it was reported by International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP), a coalition of WWF, African Wildlife Foundation and Fauna & Flora International.
Last month's birth marks only the seventh recorded case of twin mountain gorillas among Rwanda's habituated population since observations began 40 years ago. A previous set of rare twins was born in the park in February.
10/06/2011
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Gorillas don't seem to be facing the obesity epidemic that humans in modern society are.
That's because our primate brethren follow a lean diet with protein concentrations similar to the American Heart Association's recommendations for humans, says Jessica Rothman, an anthropologist at Hunter College of the City University of New York.
Dr. Rothman and her colleagues studied mountain gorillas in Uganda and found that they eat a protein-rich diet, supplemented with fruits. Protein makes up about 17 percent of their total energy intake, close to the 15 percent protein intake the heart association recommends for people.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/science/07obgorilla.html
03/06/2011
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LONDON, UK: - HRH The Princess Royal (Princess Anne) tonight presented one of the world’s top prizes for grassroots nature conservation – a Whitley Award – to Dr Hotlin Ompusunggu, a Sumatran dentist working in West Kalimantan, Borneo, for her work to improve the health and well-being of rainforest communities while also safeguarding a globally important habitat for gibbons, hornbills and orangutans, among many other species.
12/05/2011
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Bonobos communicate where to find their favourite food using barks and peeps, scientists have found.
11/05/2011
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