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One of the siamang gibbons looks at something at the pittsburgh zoo

Kavi which is the black one recently came to the cincinnati zoo to be a companion to hosen another white handed gibbon at the zoo which is the white one

Hello, I'm hoping to start travelling to some zoos in mainland Europe (from the UK) next year. My first trip will include Antwerp to (hopefully) see the Eastern gorilla, and possibly Pairi Diaza/others. I'm looking for zoos with good enclosures and a decent collection of primates, bonus if they...

I don’t know if this has been mentioned before but what’s your opinion on zookeepers and/or owners of dangerous animals like big cats, apes etc interacting with the animals? Like no barrier between them. Do you think it’s right or wrong? Ive seen people hanging out with lions or walking along...

Hello, I was just at the Toledo Zoo and I noticed one of the female northern white-cheeked gibbons was missing the fur on her scalp, which I’m not going to lie, concerned me a little bit. Why may this be? Is it a sign of sterotypic behavior, namely her pulling her fur out because of stress? Is...

Many of you know me for my population lists as I've created quite a few of those but this time around I decided to tackle a slightly different and more challenging project! I've spent the last few weeks trying to put together a list of all the holders of primate species in North America. In...

Which zoos and which species have crossings over visitor paths, so that animals, e.g. monkeys, orangutans or binturongs walk over visitors heads? Especially interesting are open ones (not closed passages) where an animal could theoretically jump down. How high are those approximately?

Photo of a sumantran orangutan I took back in 2018 when I visited zoo atlanta in the summer time.

In pretty much every Zoo I visited, even modern and big exhibits, great apes have no acces to trees, they are either weired, to stop the apes to climb on them, or are not even present. My question is why. (With few exeptions like the Gorilas exhibit in Apenheul) Zoos don't give them acces...

Following the success of Big Cats, the BBC Natural History Unit is making a follow-up series: Primates. The three episodes will focus on primate diversity, behaviour, and science/conservation respectively. Filming begins this summer and the program will air in 2020.

Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2016-2018 was launched on Tuesday. The list is not intended as a scientific ranking of the most threatened species, but a publicity tool to generate support and awareness. It purposefully covers a wide geographic and taxonomic range. The...

Oh look, SJ13 talking about something ape related! What a shocker! As the title suggests, anyone else fancy ranking their top five enclosures? We'll go by Twycross rules and say best orangutan, best gorilla, best chimpanzee and best bonobo enclosures. Ranking indoors and outdoors separately...

Does anyone here have experience working with chimps and/or bonobos? If so, what is the typical diet/menu that you feed them on an average week? I want to do an experiment where I eat chimp food for a few weeks and see how I fare. :p I know it's random but it's just something I'm curious...

I've had an idea for a fun little game (well, fun for me).:rolleyes: Imagine we live on Planet Of The Apes, and humans were a bit "thicker" than they are now. Still physically, socially and mating wise the same but to a more "primitive" extent, and we were kept in the zoo for the other apes to...

Imagine this situation: A genetics laboratory somewhere in the near future finds a way to bring extinct human ancestors back to life. The scientists can create as many specimen as they will, the revived species will be healthy, we know exactly what to feed them etc.. The question is: When...

I was wondering what people on zoochat think is the best gibbon enclosure in the UK, and why? Also what makes a good gibbon enclosure in your opinion and some observations? I've heard of the infamous Marwell gibbon enclosure :( and every time I've been to Twycross the gibbons have been very...

I greatly enjoyed watching the 2012 Disneynature movie Chimpanzee. From Wikipedia: Chimpanzee is a 2012 nature documentary film about a young common chimpanzee named Oscar who finds himself alone in the African forests until he is adopted by another chimpanzee who takes him in and raises him...

Every so often, kids hear about famous people buying chimpanzees, and decide they want one, too. The Kardashians were photographed with a pet chimp, and that Louis kid in One Direction said he wanted one "just like Michael Jackson had." (Guess he doesn't know that even MJ couldn't keep up with...

A quick heads-up regarding Chester's upcoming events supporting the EAZA Ape Campaign. Do what you can to support a good cause! Monday 18th to Friday 22nd April: Ape Week | Chester Zoo UK There's a "meet-the-keeper" event every morning, touch tables and all sorts of activities. The last orang...