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Enjoy this this brilliant #repost #RememberingGreatApes contributor, #wildographer @lifethroughalensphotography and remember to support @rememberingwildlife initiatives. ・・・ C O M P E T I N G • F O R • A T T E N T I O N 🦍 ____________________ André Bauma rescued Ndakasi when she was still an infant. Her mother had just been murdered, and without André, the other Virunga NP rangers, and veterinarians from Gorilla Doctors she would have died within days, if not hours. Ten years later, to her, André is both mother and father, and when one of the other mountain gorillas at Senkwekwe - there are three other orphans being cared for here - wants his attention, she can get a bit jealous. Although she now weighs over 70kgs, she loves being close to him, and climbs onto his back for a piggyback ride every chance she gets. “I’m getting too old for this,” an exhausted and sweaty André told me after half an hour of rough play with Ndakasi and Ndeze (who also wanted her share of André’s attention), his shirt torn. “But I will always be here. They are my children.” He’s a great man, André, and spending time with him was a real privilege. ⭐️ . . . . . #Wildography #wildographyandsafaris #bornfreefoundation #mountaingorillas #senkwekwe #virunga #drc #congo #primates #greatapeconservation #greatapes #lifethroughalens #africa #everydayextinction #marcuswestberg @virunganationalpark @savevirunga @gorilladoctors @gorillahighlands @everydayafrica #everydayafrica @gorilla_lovers #activeconservation @african_portraits @savinggorillas

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Reposted from @apeactionafrica ⭐️ Friday and Twinkle ⭐️⠀ ⠀ Orphan Friday recently moved into Song’s group, and he’s enjoying having lots of bigger chimps to look after him and to play with. The whole group have very warmly accepted Friday and fellow infant Florence into their family, and it’s Malika or Kira who usually carry Friday around the forest. Yesterday he decided it was time for a change and jumped onto Twinkle’s back, but we can’t help feeling there’s something he didn’t get quite right this time. 😂⠀ ⠀ To help us care for more than 280 rescued primates, please give what you can at https://www.apeactionafrica.org/donate/a-year-to-remember/25/credit-card (link in bio). We can’t give orphans like Friday a second chance at life in the forest without your support. 💚⠀ ⠀ 📷 Ape Action Africa / Jo Gaweda⠀ ⠀ #orphan #chimps #babychimps #greatapes #endangeredspecies #family #Friday #twinkle #greatapeconservation #apestogetherstrong #rescue #rehab #forest #apeactionafrica https://www.instagram.com/p/CORS4-zhaFw/?igshid=18ryhuba8moj0

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It's #ApeAwarenessMonth!Scientists at Lincoln Park Zoo's Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes are committed to advancing great ape knowledge, welfare and conservation. In the remote Goualougo Triangle region of the Republic of Congo, gorillas and chimpanzees coexist in a pristine ecosystem. Here, Fisher Center scientists observe these populations and monitor their habitats so that they can help protect them. Our researchers continue to forge positive local relationships and assess the impact of logging on at-risk chimpanzee and gorilla populations. From these relationships and this research, they're helping develop more sustainable logging practices in order to improve the quality of great ape habitats in this region and beyond. #ForWildlifeForAll #AZAScience #CHIScienceCity #lincolnparkzoo #conservation #greatapes #gorillas #chimp #chimpanzee #gorilla #greatapeconservation http://ift.tt/2oR4ZVP