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Orangutans left-handed; chimps and gorillas are righties

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

Photo showing an orangutan engaged in the TUBE task. Photo used with permission of the researcher William Hopkins. Mmm, love that peanut butter Apes are right-handed or left-handed, just like us. Not a big surprise, since they’re our closest evolutionary…

Posted in Animal behavior / animal intelligence, Primates, Wildlife behavior Tagged with: Animal behavior, Bird intelligence, Bonobos, Chimpanzees, Crows, Endangered species, Gorillas, Handedness, Orangutans, Primates, Wildlife behavior, Wildlife in captivity, William Hopkins

We are family: new evidence of our close link to chimpanzees

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

Sally Kneidel

Photo: wikimedia commons People are good at detecting human personalities accurately, even from expressionless mug shots. A study last year showed that we can reliably tell who is extroverted, emotionally stable, agreeable or imaginative – just from their blank and…

Posted in Africa, Primates, Wildlife, Wildlife behavior Tagged with: Chimpanzees, Endangered species, Evolution, Primates, Wildlife behavior

For orangutans, hunting may trump habitat loss as biggest threat

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

Sally Kneidel

Most people are surprised to learn that unlawful traffic in wildlife and wildlife parts is the third biggest criminal activity in the world, after drugs and arms. The illegal hunting of great apes is so pervasive that it may threaten…

Posted in Africa, Animal welfare / animal rights, Borneo, Bushmeat, Deforestation, Endangered species, Human behavior, Indonesia, Jakarta, Malaysia, Primates, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Wildlife, Wildlife survival Tagged with: Africa, Bushmeat, Chimpanzees, Endangered species, Food, Gorillas, Great apes, habitat loss, Orangutans, Primates, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat, Wildlife in captivity

Wildlife trade rivals drug trade in profits

Posted on September 21, 2010 by

Sally Kneidel

Text and photos by Sally Kneidel, PhD This post is also published on the syndicated BasilandSpice I recently wrote a post about Indonesia’s illegal trade in wildlife, focusing on orangutans. As one of our closest relatives, orangutans look and act…

Posted in Animal welfare / animal rights, Indonesia, Jakarta, Primates, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Wildlife, Wildlife survival Tagged with: Animal welfare, Animal welfare / animal rights, Endangered species, Orangutans, Primates, Southeast Asia, Wildlife, Wildlife in captivity

Laws flaunted: flourishing pet trade threatens orangutan survival

Posted on August 23, 2010 by

Sally Kneidel

This post now on Google News and on the syndicated BasilandSpice.com Pet trade threatens orangutan survival “Having a pet orangutan is a status symbol,” I was told by my Indonesian friend Ria, who lives and works in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital.…

Posted in Animal welfare / animal rights, Asia, Borneo, Deforestation, Eco-travel, Ecosystems, Endangered species, Human behavior, Overconsumption, Rain forest, Resources, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Sustainable Living, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat, Wildlife survival Tagged with: Animal welfare, Deforestation, Eco-travel, Ecotravel, Endangered species, Human behavior, Orangutans, Palm oil plantations, Primates, Southeast Asia, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat, Wildlife in captivity

U.S. imports 20,000 primates per year

Posted on February 19, 2010 by

Sally Kneidel

This post now on Google News and on BasilandSpice Text and photo by Sally Kneidel, PhD U.S. is the world’s leading importer of primates I learned while researching our book Going Green that the United States is the biggest importer…

Posted in Africa, Animal welfare / animal rights, Pharmaceuticals, Wildlife, Wildlife survival Tagged with: Animal welfare, Animal welfare / animal rights, Livestock, Primates, Vervet monkeys, Wildlife, Wildlife in captivity

Baboons are Africa’s most widespread primate, but Cape subspecies may be extinct in 10 years

Posted on December 30, 2009 by

Sally Kneidel

This post now a Google News Link and on www.basilandspice.com. Chacma baboons on the road outside Skukusa in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Photo by Sally Kneidel, PhD The baboons were all over the road, the males with two-inch-long fangs.…

Posted in Wildlife Tagged with: Baboons, Eco-travel, Primates, Wildlife, Wildlife behavior, Wildlife habitat

Monkeys persecuted as “pests”

Posted on September 11, 2009 by

Sally Kneidel

Vervet monkeys are regarded as pests in southern Africa, and are often persecuted the same way gray wolves were persecuted to local extinction in the United States. But vervet social behavior is in many ways very similar to our own.

Posted in Africa, Eco-travel, South Africa, Sustainable Living, Wildlife behavior Tagged with: Africa, Eco-travel, Primates, South Africa, Vervet monkeys, Wildlife behavior

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Orangutans left-handed; chimps and gorillas are righties

We are family: new evidence of our close link to chimpanzees

For orangutans, hunting may trump habitat loss as biggest threat

Wildlife trade rivals drug trade in profits

Laws flaunted: flourishing pet trade threatens orangutan survival

U.S. imports 20,000 primates per year

Baboons are Africa’s most widespread primate, but Cape subspecies may be extinct in 10 years

Monkeys persecuted as “pests”

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