The Making of Chimp Empire with Scientific Consultant, Dr John Mitani | S2E43
Chimp Empire photos courtesy of Netflix 2023
Chimp Empire photos courtesy of Netflix 2023
Note: This photo was taken prior to the recent covid pandemic, when masks were not mandatory in close proximity to apes. Both rehabilitation staff and tourists visiting ape sanctuaries or territory should wear a mask at all times and maintain distance to prevent the spread of further zoonotic and anthroponotic infections.
“With primates in particular we see content that is very clearly violence, abuse, torture…there’s even people that will pay for such content to be made.” Nicola O’Brien is the Lead Coordinator for SMACC. She previously worked as Campaigns Director at Freedom for Animals, is a Trustee for Tiny Pawz, and has a 20 year history…
Read more below… David’s book as discussed in the show – BREATHLESS: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus. Click HERE to read David’s January 2020 New York Times, article: We Made the Coronavirus Epidemic Click HERE to read David’s 2013 article: The Next Pandemic: Not if, but When “People have said, ‘How…
“The part of the brain used in tool-use is highly overlapping the part of the brain that is used for language” Dr Gilly in Gabon with gorilla Djala. Photo courtesy of Tony King (Aspinall Foundation). One of Gilly’s research subjects, Tibs, uses tools to complete a puzzle at the Aspinall Foundation.
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Photo courtesy ©Jo-Anne McArthur/WeAnimals.org *IMPORTANT NOTE: This photo created in 2009, prior to wearing of gloves and mask now required. The gorilla featured in the photo (2009) is a rescued victim of poaching and wildlife trafficking and is undergoing rehabilitation. Primates are wild animals and not pets, and we do not condone human contact with…
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