The Little Rock Zoo

.The Little Rock Zoo needs to step up and care for the animals better! Please read the several artciles here with deaths, sickness and a bald chimp!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Chimpanzees Can Learn From Those Around Them


Chimpanzees. They're our closest genetic relatives, with DNA over 98% the same as ours. Chimpanzees can learn from those around them in ways many other animals can't -- and when they're captive, they become even more human-like. But is a new form of chimp evolving in captivity? Fort Pierce, FL

Chimpanzees. They're our closest genetic relatives, with DNA over 98% the same as ours. Chimpanzees can learn from those around them in ways many other animals can't -- and when they're captive, they become even more human-like. But is a new form of chimp evolving in captivity? Fort Pierce, FL National Geographic Channel has sent this week's documentary highlights, that take us into the world of unlikely animal friends, and the humans who protect them.

Chimpanzees. They're our closest genetic relatives, with DNA over 98% the same as ours. Chimpanzees can learn from those around them in ways many other animals can't -- and when they're captive, they become even more human-like. But is a new form of chimp evolving in captivity? Fort Pierce, FL:

Genoveva has spent her life in a cage at a former medical research facility in New Mexico. Now, after a 2200 mile journey, she takes her first steps outside a cage onto a custom built island in Florida that will be her new home.

Video “Liberating Chimpanzees” – When a scientist learns that the chimps in his lab are being transferred to an abusive facility, he works covertly to free them.

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