#worldchimpanzeeday
Today marks the day to celebrate and spread awareness about Chimpanzees. At the turn of the 20th century, chimpanzee populations were estimated at 1 million. However, today an estimated 172,000 - 300,000 chimpanzees remain in the wild!!
Due to their elusive and fast night activities of the Philippine tarsier, a study of researchers recently worked alongside local communities to help shine a light on their population. (1/3)
#trade is one of the greatest threats for primates. Trade in nocturnal species are on the increase involving species of #loris and #galago. A recent study found 36% of galagos were sold & used for #consumption, 33% as #pets & 25% used in #traditionalmedicine
#Synanthrope is derived from the Greek syn, meaning 👬‘together with’ and anthrophe, meaning 🧑🦱‘man’. In other words, a synanthropic animal is one which lives near, and benefits from humans🐵~ Full Description on our Instagram 😊 #primate#together#conservation#naturelover
Our #wildmasks have arrived 🙌 huge thanks to everyone who has been donating - these masks will help our staff & local communities manage the risks of #Covid_19 while we work to protect #primates#OneHealth
You can still donate here 👉 https://t.co/rPEvGtHtna
We're continuing to update our public google sheet of resources and information relating to #primates & #COVIDー19 : please do keep reading, updating, and sharing! 🐒👊
https://t.co/eknVvNXNB4
For my MSc research I used continuous sampling, recording every behaviour expressed and voice recording 15 mins per subject. I knew this would be a labour intensive method. But does anyone have any tips or just motivation to get me through this long list of transcriptions 😭
It’s a mad , mad , mad , mad world and the lack of perspective has been driving me mad . It doesn’t matter what colour , religion , sexual orientation , age , political leaning or social economic group we belong to - we are one species on one planet with one big problem Please RT