It’s not often you get to see this. A zookeeper accidentally left a knife in the enclosure for some Western Lowlands Gorillas. One of the gorillas picked up the object out of curiosity. The gorilla picked it up safely by the handle (likely just luck), and put down before being called out [...]
This blog post has some amazing animal pictures, including several primates that are worth checking out. Very awesome.
Here’s a great story from DailyMail:
Odd couples come in all shapes and sizes but the story of the primate and the canine who are best friends has proved to be a match made in showbiz heaven.
Suryia the orang-utan and Roscoe a Blue Tick hound became friends when they crossed paths at a South Carolina sanctuary [...]
Ramona and KC at the Dallas Zoo had a baby which appears healthy. The sex is not known by zookeepers yet. Check the story for a few pictures.
Over at The Big Picture they have a great set of pictures titled “Scenes from the zoo” including several great (and high resolution) monkey pics. Go check it out. Some awesome pictures.
I’m pointing out this article mainly for the purpose of the first picture.
Here’s a great little article about an orangutan hospital that serves the smallest of orangutans… with LOTS of great pics.
February 5, 2009 – 9:55 pm
Talk about Baby Got Back. Now that’s a butt!
January 30, 2009 – 9:07 pm
A few months ago we mentioned the palm oil controversy. Boston.com’s Big Picture Blog has a few pictures of rangers trying to relocate orangutans out of harms way.
