Our long lost cousins

Imagine a relative who thinks sex is like a handshake. Who organises orgies with the neighbours, doesn’t mind if their partner sleeps around, and firmly believes females should be in charge of everything. Imagine there was a whole tribe of these relatives – crazy yes? But definitely a lot of fun.

Bonobo share 98.7% of our DNA, equal to our more famous cousins, chimpanzees. But unlike chimps, we know hardly anything about them.

Lola ya Bonobo is the only bonobo sanctuary in the world. All the bonobos are orphans, their parents killed for the bushmeat trade. At Lola, the bonobos live in a 30 hectare forest, are visited by over 15,000 Congolese school children every year, and will soon be released into the wild.

Follow the lives of our bonobos, and to donate, visit www.friendsofbonobos.org/support.htm


Friday, July 3, 2009

moving in

finally! it's time for the bonobos to have a look at their new home! did i mention that lisala was so excited to be in her new forest that she jumped the fence and started wandering around the forest! there is an isolation enclosure so if the bonobos get sick or hungry the vets and keepers can look after them. of course marie laure and nick wanted to hold them in observation to make sure everythign was ok, but lisala was having none of it - she wanted to explore!

isiro went with her but isiro came back shortly after - lisala was just too excited and didn't want to come back at all!

the rest were quite happy to hang out with Claudine...

and Yvonne

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