Bonobo

Since 1929, the bonobo species has been under study. With a 98.5% match to human DNA, bonobos are the most closely related ape species to humans. They live a peaceful existence in the rather chaotic environment of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are very intelligent, exciting creatures that share multiple pleasures, and though they do have distinctive qualities that separate them from humans, the similarities are remarkable. Beginning with their communities, bonobos are very sociable creatures that have communicative systems, and rarely show violence toward one another. They have a “make love not war” attitude that dominates their social systems. In other words, they have a fantastic amount of sex. And it is not just between males and…

If I could travel anywhere in this world to do research on an animal- I would be at the Democratic Republic of Congo, A country located in Central Africa. That’s where the Bonobo lives, but more specifically in the lowland rainforests. The Bonobo is in the family of Great Apes. Unfortunately, the Bonobos are quickly becoming extinct due to hunting, deforestation, and habitat loss. Currently, they are endangered, and population growth cannot happen fast enough due to the females giving birth to…

Kaylee Smith Summarizing From Your Sources The two Great Apes that I choose to research are the bonobos and the chimpanzees. Bonobo: Scientists believe that Bonobos are the the closest relative Great Apes to humans, but the formerly called pygmy chimpanzees are now endangered, and still are quite mysterious. Humans don’t know a lot about the bonobos like they do with the chimpanzees or gorillas. What we do know is that the bonobo species are mostly on the smaller side, and have small faces,…

A bonobo is the closest living realtive to a human, sharing 98% of our DNA. Their average weight is 68-86 pounds and around 23-35 inches in height. In the wild, the average lifespan is 40 years, in captivity it’s 65 years. These mammals are complex beings with profound intelligence, emotional expression and sensitivity. The only place that they can be found is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and live in the Congo Basin. There is said to be between 10,000 to 50,000 left in the wild.…

Bonobos and chimpanzees are a unique pair of organisms that are a great example of how two different species are so closely related, but are so distant in characteristics. Both bonobos and chimpanzees fall with in the same genius but are two different species altogether. Two million years ago both bonobos and chimpanzees originated from the same common ancestor, making the genome of the two species about 99.6 percent identical. Yet, differences between bonobos and chimpanzees are revealed when…

Bonobos Classified as the “Pan paniscus” (Bonobos Exhibit), Bonobos are, genetically, the closest living relative to Humans, “sharing 98.7% of their DNA” (Bonobo Species). A little less than 100 years ago, the (descriptive word) monkey was commonly mistaken for “dwarf chimpanzees” (Myrtille Guillon). Comparatively to the chimpanzee, bonobos are much smaller, the misconception arose since the common chimpanzee and bonobos share a similar environment, separated only by the Congo river. Many…

1. Write a minimum 4-5 sentences (good sentences, not little short ones) paragraph explaining what the article is about. Bonobo plays a critical role in the Luikotale forest, making them a keystone species. Bonobo consume fruit, which contain seeds that go through their digestive system and then gets excreted. This process increases the biodiversity, and the chance that the plant will survive past the sapling stage. Bonobo are helping not only the plants, but herbivores that consume the plants…

A Bonobo, a bonobo is a monkey, similar to a chimp. They live as a group, a big family, they're never alone. They are peaceful and have lots of kids. They are caring and funny. Also I was called a monkey when I was little so I embraced that shit because monkeys are cool as hell. Life is like a race. Not all races are fair. Not all races are open to all. And some races will be rigged. The one who keeps running wins the race. The one who catches a breath loses the race. But not all winners of the…

Chimpanzees and bonobos are characterized as the closest living relatives of humans. Studies have shown that the humans and apes descended from the same ancestor nearly six million years ago. It was at this time that their DNA sequences began to diverge from one another. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus) stemmed from the same Pan ancestor, but split about two million years ago when the Congo River formed (Prufer, 2012). While the separation between the Homo and Pan…

The Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI) is an American- and Congo-based non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation and preservation of bonobos (Pan paniscus) and their biodiversity. This includes preserving the habitat of the bonobos in the tropical rainforest, physical protection of bonobos, and empowering local communities in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRG) (BCI, 2013). Since the endangered bonobos are endemic to the DRG, the main focus of the BCI is entirely in the DRG (WWF,…