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A male gorilla tries his best to reconcile with his angry wife.

u/Artistic25 — 4 days ago
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do gorillas understand death like humans do? And is it even possible?

like i know they can experience and process death in some aspects, but i haven’t really found any credible info that suggests that they are really THAT similar to human human death conception and stuff, And is it even merely possible for them to understand death like us?

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u/Lucky_creator5 — 3 days ago
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perché in america si possono tenere le scimmie?

mi stavo guardando “l’alba del pianeta delle scimmie” e ho ripensato al fatto che da anni che vorrei poter avere una piccola scimmietta come animale domestico. sono piccole, intelligenti e a differenza di molti animali domestici durano molti più anni e quindi il dolore di poter perdere il piccolo animaletto di compagnia non si crea con loro. ma mi chiedo perché in italia o in generale nell’europa non si possa tenere una scimmia quando in molti stati dell’america e dell’asia dalla mia ricerche si può tenere una scimmietta con o anche senza permesso da enti o stati. l’unica risposta che riesco a darmi da sola è che la nostra posizione geografica non sia benevola per loro, ma essendo razze create per la sopravvivenza in casa e “a mano” allora mi viene un altro dubbio. per chiunque dica che le scimmie puzzano e cagano in giro, vi dico che anche i neonati lo fanno, e come insegnate a loro crescendo di non farlo anche loro possono imparare, discendiamo dalla scimmie, svegliatevi.

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u/Far_Ingenuity_7907 — 2 days ago
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Baby Bonobo

Baby bonobo in UK’s only bonobo troop at Twycross Zoo

They have recently swapped enclosures with the chimpanzees and are loving the room ! The chimps on the other hand…..

u/United_Sugar_2513 — 8 days ago
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Results of the 2026 Chimpanzee General Election

Electoral System:

Party List Proportional Representation. Each region has it's own list, apportioned by degressive proportionality:

Eastern - 33 Seats
Central - 19 Seats
Bonobos - 10 Seats
Western - 10 Seats
Nigeria/Cameroon - 3 Seats

Parties:

  • Dominant Male Coalition - Led by established alpha and beta males who argue that hierarchy, order, patrol discipline, and experienced leadership keep communities safe.
  • Canopy Commons Party - A broad food-sharing and forest-welfare party focused on reducing violence and protecting common feeding grounds.
  • Matriarchal Alliance - A bonobo-led and female-coalition party built around social peace, mediation, anti-infanticide politics, and coalition power.
  • Nutcracker Progressives - A western chimp–rooted party of tool use, technological innovation, and practical forest education.
  • Forest Sovereignty Front - A hardline habitat-protection party focused on defending ape territory from humans, logging, fragmentation, and rival encroachment.
  • Eastern Autonomy League - A regionalist eastern chimp party from the Rift Valley/Great Lakes region that wants more power for local tribes & communities rather than domination by pan-chimp central institutions.
  • Young Males’ Movement - A populist breakaway from the DMC, formed by lower-ranking and ambitious young males who think the older males are unfairly hoarding all the status, rank, and hunting opportunities.
  • Cross-River Survival Party - A small minority-rights party focused on survival corridors, habitat protection, and guaranteed representation for Nigeria-Cameroon chimps.
u/C0smicM0nkey — 13 days ago