Western Lowland Gorilla

Bright, fluorescent lights shine down, irritating his eyes as a man in a long, white coat pokes needles into his arms. The air is stale and the smell of disinfectant is almost suffocating. His thick arms are restrained and his mouth can form no words, which is just how the man in the long, white coat wants it. Before long, he becomes vocal, screeching to make the pain come to a stop, and it does when he loses consciousness. As he comes to, his need of thirst becomes apparent and he bangs on…

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, which include a narrow mouth and pink lips. They have long legs and short arms, and their fur mostly comes in a black color, but can sometimes turn…

Have you ever thought about living with mountain gorillas for eighteen years? I would never have thought to do that, but a lady named Dian Fossey did. She was a zoologist and an amazing woman who studied mountain gorillas and even lived with them for a long time. She studied how they acted towards humans and each other. Her main goal was to protect them. Dian Fossey was born on January 16,1932 in San Francisco, California. Her parents divorced when she was three years old due to her father's…

When we talk about monkeys, we know that there are various kinds of them. Scientifically speaking, they all fall under the order known as Primates. Primates are further divided into two suborders known as Prosimians and Anthropoids. Capuchins are monkeys that belong to a superfamily called Ceboidea (New world monkeys), which falls under the suborder Anthropoids (Downing). Capuchins are usually brown or black in color, some of them with a white face, depending upon the species. Their weight can…

Abstract: Recent studies have given proof to the fact that great apes are able to incorporate information from a single event into their long term memories. Chimpanzees also possess spatial memory which allows them to remember locations of various resources to be used to their advantage. Although human being are considered to have superior cognitio to animal species, recent studies have concluded that many chimpanzees have a strong working memory with recollection skills superior to that of…

about where you come from, it’s about heart.” Although Tarzan grew up with gorillas, he constantly tried to acquire a sense of belonging to them. Kala, Tarzan’s ape mother, revealed that although visually, they appear notably different, internally, they have the same heart. Through this explanation, he could finally fathom that it did not matter what he looked like because his family would always love him. Tarzan and the gorillas may share tantamount hearts, but they additionally share countless…

Nicholas Pagano 12 November 2015 TA Elias Capello Friday 9:05-9:55 Anthropology 103 Australopithecus afarensis Named by Donald Johanson & Tim White in 1978 I. Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Hominidae Subfamily: Hominidae Genus: Australopithecus Species: A. afarensis II. Physical Characteristics The Australopithecus afarensis without a doubt had both ape and human features. Just looking at the face of this animal you can see a…

International award-winner Carlos Espinal returns to the New York stages with his solo Peter El Rojo, The Gorilla. The play is a stage adaptation of the Franz Kafta’s story about an ape who learns to behave like a human and becomes an immigrant among them. After rave reviews and awards for its performances in New Jersey and the Dominican Republic, the New York premiere will take place at IATI Theater (East Village, NY), avant-garde Latin Company that for 48 years maintains a solid reputation…

Researchers believe they formed a single population as recently as one hundred thousand years ago. Causes of speciation of the Common Chimp included habituation, strong directional selection, and genetic drift. Moreover, genetic differences between Western and Central Chimps are so great; they are stronger than those between any two human populations. Chimpanzees dwell in the…

towards his fellow gorillas. Kerchak, “is aggressive and dominates the other beta makes, usually through force and intimidation” (Barber). His stature and status makes him fearful to the other gorillas which can be good because it shows that he is the alpha, however, it makes him very isolated. Turk, one of Tarzan’s gorilla friends, knows not to mess with Kerchak. Turk told Tarzan that, “if you want Kerchak to like you, stay away from him” (Tarzan). This goes to show that the gorillas are…