BBC Knowledge Asia Edition - December 2014

(Kiana) #1

ABOVE Faustino is
very tolerant of young
chimps, and if he’s
feeling benevolent will
even share fruit with
them. When he picked
some mshaishai fruit, the
youngster Siri cautiously
edged closer, reading his
mood all the time, and
finally managed to get a
share of his pickings


LEFT Twins don’t often
survive in chimpanzee
communities in the
wild, but the female pair
Glitter (left) and Golden
(right) benefited from a
doting older sister Gaia,
who helped their mother
Gremlin raise them. The
twins are pictured here
with their own babies

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