About Nick Redfern
Punk music fan, Tennents Super and Carlsberg Special Brew beer fan, horror film fan, chocolate fan, like to wear black clothes, like to stay up late. Work as a writer.
August 11, 2012
In a brand new post, Dr. Karl Shuker says:
“One of the highlights of my visit yesterday to Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire, England – famous worldwide for its very comprehensive collection of primates and its excellent record of success in breeding and conserving endangered species – was viewing its breeding group of bonobos or pygmy chimpanzees Pan paniscus, led as is normal for this species by an alpha female (in the common chimp, conversely, it is an alpha male who acts as group leader). Our own species’ closest living relative (putative living Neanderthals excepted!), the bonobo is visibly different in several ways from the much more familiar common chimpanzee…”
This is a very cool article that you can find, in full, right here at Karl’s blog, Shuker Nature.
About Nick Redfern
Punk music fan, Tennents Super and Carlsberg Special Brew beer fan, horror film fan, chocolate fan, like to wear black clothes, like to stay up late. Work as a writer.
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