Western Gorilla

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.…

Dian Fossey was a zoologist known for researching endangered gorillas. She researched the gorillas in the Rwandan Mountain Forest. She was murdered and nobody knew it was going to happen. Dian Fossey was only 53 years old when she was killed. She did not go to College to be a zoologist, she went to school to become a occupational therapist. Occupational Therapy is to help with mental, physical, and cognitive disorder. She had a great and unique talent. Though she was never assaulted, the…

The Monkey and the Crocodile A monkey named Raktamukha lived on a Jamun tree in the dense forests of India. The monkey was happy in his life spending most of the time jumping around on trees. This Jamun tree was on banks of a river which was home to a crocodile named Karalamukha. Karalmukha used to come on the banks and gradually he and the monkey became very good friends. Few days past, and their friendship grew stronger. Raktmukha used to pluck fruits from the tree and used to give it to…

The book Ishmael is a fictional novel about a man who finds a gorilla that teaches him all about the world and how he views our society. In Chapter 9 of the book Ishmael, the narrator comes back to visit Ishmael, a gorilla who has been his teacher for the past couple days. Normally, Ishmael is behind a glass wall but this time he is outside, sprawled out of the floor. Since the beginning of the book, Ishmael has divided humans into two categories, Takers and Leavers. Takers are members of the…

“One can take the ape out of the jungle but not the jungle out of the ape” These lines were written in Frans de Wall’s book our inner ape. The statement is clear but can also be interpreted in different ways. Humans have been constantly evolving but the common ancestral genes that we share with the apes, shows us that we have a lot of similarities but also differences too. Frans De Wall’s book Our Inner Ape, looks at how all of us humans have an inner ape in us and the question here is now that…

In Songs of the Gorilla Nation, Dawn Prince-Hughes shares her life and experiences with autism. In her quest to find answers and a diagnosis of her aspergers, she managed to bond with gorillas who allowed her to learn about herself and eventually formulate her own take on crip politics. While these aspects in theory demonstrate a broad and inclusive method of learning and understanding, including nonhuman animals in crip politics falls short in practice. Despite Prince-Hughes’ useful take on…

N. larvatus are unique from other primates because of their red, protruding nose (which may be up to 17.5 cm long in males) and pot belly. The name given as Orang Belanda came from the native that inhabit of Borneo to resemble the Dutch Colonialists (Tisdal & Nantha, 2007). The adult males of N. larvatus have a head and body length of 660-762 mm and weight between 16.0 and 22.5 kg (Nowak, 1999). Proboscis monkey are large reddish-brown monkeys with sexual dimorphism. The males and females are…

HISTORY OF LUCY SPRITIUAL IMPLICATIONS OF LUCY Lucy the character is additionally outwardly connected with Lucy the female primate (human progenitor) that experienced 3.2 million years back on earth. The fossilized Lucy was found in Africa in the nation of Ethiopia in 1974. In the climactic scene were the White female Lucy extends her hand to touch the finger of the living Lucy primate in a shot that reviews Michelangelo's 'Formation of Adam' subtle element from the roof of the Sistine Chapel-…

Stop 1: Chimpanzee, Modern Human, and Neandertal Skeleton 1. The modern human skeleton is much larger in size compared to the chimpanzee and hominid skeleton. The Chimpanzee had longer arms, much narrower rib cage and smaller skull compared to both ancient hominid and human. On the other hand, the hominid had robust bone joints, allowing more flexibility. The skeleton structure of chimpanzee indicates that they moved by using four limbs while both human and hominid walked upright. 2. The…

John Newbery was the first person to write books specifically for children (source 3). When John turned 16 he learned the skills of the printing trade, and all his hard work paid off because he became an English publisher (source 3). John Newbery died in 1737, before his first book was published in 1740 (source). After that the Newbery award was named after him, and it is one of the most prestigious awards (source 2). The Newbery award was made to encourage authors to use their talents and write…