Sunday, November 10, 2019

Taiwan - Taipei Zoo, Couple of Chimp Couples

Chimps are so human-like, but even more so the bonobos.  Just finished watching the series Life Story, narrative by the venerable David Attenborough, which made clear the differences in the two species - the chimps demonstrate a more aggressive nature, depending on violence to settle differences, whereas the bonobos "make love, not war", as they say.

Even so, the behavior of both have remarkable similarities to the human species - i.e. us.  The couple in the background are passing the time grooming one another while dad and junior pore over a map to plan their escape from the enclosure...

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