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mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)

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Bonobo (Pan paniscus)

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Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)

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western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Sumatran orangutan Cahaya holds her newborn, Malou, in her arms, at the Zurich Zoo in SwitzerlandPicture: EPA/STEFFEN SCHMIDT

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Bonobo (Pan paniscus)

worldlyanimals:

Baby Orangutan, such a precious face (K.Verhulst)

Gracie the chimp looks after her baby at the zoo in Los AngelesPicture: Los Angeles Zoo/AP

faunachimps:

This is Rachel, a 30 year-old chimpanzee who lives at Fauna. Prior to coming to the sanctuary in 1997, Rachel endured 11 years in isolation as a research laboratory subject enduring horrendous treatments, including being anesthetized 235 during testing for artificial sweeteners for NutraSweet.

Although she will never likely recover from the emotional trauma of this chapter of her life, she is now out of harms-way and gets to hang-around out in the sunshine blowing bubbles!

Read more about Rachel’s story here: http://www.faunafoundation.org/html/newsletter15.html

mothernaturenetwork:

Hairy Houdinis: 6 animal escape artists

Three of these are apes. It seems orangutans in particular are rather clever in their ability to escape, including figuring out how to pick locks.