I’m scouring the American Journal of Primatology for a paper on gorillas using tools as weapons in the wild. National Geographic News says the paper is out, but I can’t find it anywhere in the early edition nor in the current issues. I’ll continue looking, but in the mean time here’s what we got to [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Zoology’
June 25, 2007
Dutch Biologist Receives 14-year Sentence
One of Time Magazine’s “Hero’s for the Planet 2000“, known for discovering new species (Callicebus bernhardi, Callicebus stephennashi, etc.) and focusing his attentions on protecting the rainforest has been convicted of failing to apply for a permit on behalf of the monkey refuge in his Brazilian home. It seems that without the permit (or license) [...]
June 12, 2007
Ndakasi’s Dead Mother, Rubiga
Yesterday I shared with you news about the recently orphaned baby gorilla, Ndakasi. In today’s post I will show you a graphic photo of his dead mother. Her name is Rubiga, and she was shot in the back of the head. A autopsy confirmed this, removing two bullets from the back of her head.
I share [...]
June 11, 2007
Ndakasi an Orphaned Gorilla Rescued After Mom was Shot “Execution Style”
So I’ll be straight up honest with you here, I’m still a bit shell shocked with this comment left this evening that basically defending the bushmeat industry.
I know there are always whack jobs out there, but this person really took the cake; his or her arguments for bushmeat, or ’survival foods’ as they term it, [...]
June 10, 2007
Spread the word, “Choose the right biofuel or the Orang-utan gets it!”
Being ‘green’ or ecologically conscious is making big waves in current popular culture, especially in the United States. Many initiatives, such as clean fuels and renewable energy, seem like excellent alternatives to our energy sources we predominantly use right now. This is generally a good thing.
But not all of these initiatives are ecological so great [...]
May 21, 2007
Brainstorming the Future of Primate Brain Evolution Research
The following post is a departure from my usual reporting on an interesting primate related tidbit of research. I’ll be posting about how I have thought about how to study primate brain evolution research. These are just ideas I have brainstormed. It is very probable that people are doing this out in their respective labs [...]
May 20, 2007
Digital Morphology Database and Primatology
For you osteology buffs out there, I want to let you know about the Digital Morphology database, if you don’t already know about it. I actually didn’t know about it myself, until I read about an extinct platyrrhine, Tremacebus harringtoni, from Afarensis’ ‘know your primate‘ periodical. The Digital Morphology (DigiMorph) database currently has about 400 [...]
May 11, 2007
Japan’s odd couple - A primate-rodent friendship between Capybaras & Squirrel Monkeys
One of our more popular posts of all time has been the photos of the tiger and orangutan friendships I shared with you several months back.
To rekindle that interest, I’ve come accross a Reuters news piece on a similar friendship… but this time it is between squirrel monkeys and giant South American rodents called capybaras. And it [...]
May 8, 2007
Rebuilding forests in an effort to save orangutans in Borneo
In a effort to help save orangutans, Malaysian authorities are proposing a fund of 200 million ringgit (approx. 59 million US dollars) to rebuild the Ulu Segama-Malua forest in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island. The proposal covers work on 4,000 hectares of logged forests and 1,000 hectares of degraded forests (approx. total 12,355 [...]
April 18, 2007
Reducing stress levels at Chester Zoo
A new study has changed the lives of seven mandrills for the better at England’s Chester Zoo. With the help of zoo staff, Durham University researchers found that placing shrubs between the glass enclosure and the visitor’s area reduced stress levels (as seen through aberrant behaviors) and increased natural behaviors.
Examples provided:
approaching the glass
54% decrease
climbing and [...]
