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Not long after, another female chimp with even more intractable health problems gave birth at the zoo.
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Alex Traub, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The music box was not uncommon, though always the melodies were trivial, worthy of no better than an organ grinder with a chimp—but not this music, no!
—Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
Also, puppets, obsessive love, body-swapping, a rescue chimp, and more puppets.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2024
That one chimp soon became seven - and the sanctuary was born in 1995.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
Their omnivorous nature leads chimps to dine on a buffet of fruits, nuts, figs, seeds, leaves, roots, flowers, and insects, occasionally complemented by smaller animals and eggs.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
Permits to go chimp spotting are cheaper than gorilla trekking – which helps with the rates.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024
In one, a young chimp lightly smacks her mother’s back, then sprints a short distance to cautiously gauge her response; in another, a male gorilla ambushes his mom from behind with a galloping jump attack.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2024
On average, about 20 percent of a female chimp’s adulthood happened after fertility went away.
—Popular Science, 6 Dec. 2023
Alex Traub, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The music box was not uncommon, though always the melodies were trivial, worthy of no better than an organ grinder with a chimp—but not this music, no!
—Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
Also, puppets, obsessive love, body-swapping, a rescue chimp, and more puppets.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2024
That one chimp soon became seven - and the sanctuary was born in 1995.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
Their omnivorous nature leads chimps to dine on a buffet of fruits, nuts, figs, seeds, leaves, roots, flowers, and insects, occasionally complemented by smaller animals and eggs.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
Permits to go chimp spotting are cheaper than gorilla trekking – which helps with the rates.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024
In one, a young chimp lightly smacks her mother’s back, then sprints a short distance to cautiously gauge her response; in another, a male gorilla ambushes his mom from behind with a galloping jump attack.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2024
On average, about 20 percent of a female chimp’s adulthood happened after fertility went away.
—Popular Science, 6 Dec. 2023
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