60% of primates are threatened by #extinction Without direct action, the number of endangered #primates will grow and more species will disappear forever. #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife and be #vegan!

http://palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/05/primates-are-facing-an-impending-extinction-crisis-but-we-know-very-little-about-what-will-actually-protect-them/

Ebola-infected monkeys cured with a pill, sparking human treatment hopes

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-ebola-infected-monkeys-pill-human.html

Gorillas match chimpanzees in self-awareness study

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-gorillas-chimpanzees-awareness.html

Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen.

@ArsTechnica reports: "300 aspects of each call were cataloged, letting researchers estimate meaning."

https://flip.it/Sm8kwW

#News: Great #apes tease and prank each other just as humans do. Including body-slamming, hair-pulling and waving objects in front of each other's faces - new #research study finds #sentience #primatology #primates #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/03/17/great-news-apes-have-a-sense-of-humour-and-they-enjoy-teasing-each-other/

With complex vocalisations and striking halos of white hair, the White-thighed #Colobus are arguably rarest #primates in #WestAfrica Help them to survive when you #BoycottPalmOil ️ #Boycott4Wildlife in the supermarket!

http://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/15/white-thighed-colobus-colobus-vellerosus/

One of #WestAfrica and the world’s most endangered #primates you’ve never heard of is the enchanting Western Red #Colobus of #SierraLeone #Liberia #PalmOil and #poaching are major threats. #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/15/western-red-colobus-piliocolobus-badius/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Dusky Langurs are beautiful #primates and excellent parents They’re threatened by #palmoil #deforestation in #Malaysia #Myanmar and #Thailand Help them when you shop and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife in the supermarket @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/06/27/dusky-langur-trachypithecus-obscurus/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Kooky Philippine #tarsiers are tiny #primates who epitomise nocturnal secrecy and live in the dark of #Philippines forests. Their main threats are the #pet trade and #deforestation. Help them when you #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/08/04/philippine-tarsier-carlito-syrichta/

Bonobos and chimps offer clues to how our early ancestors had sex for social purposes

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-bonobos-chimps-clues-early-ancestors.html

Guinea baboons possess information about the skillfulness of others and use it strategically to their advantage

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-guinea-baboons-skillfulness-strategically-advantage.html

#News: #Research in Current Biology finds infant pigtailed #macaques visiting #palmoil plantations 3 x more likely to die young from #pesticide poisoning. Agricultural #chemicals are detrimental to infant #primates #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife ️
https://palmoildetectives.com/2024/02/18/palm-oil-plantations-increase-risk-of-infant-death-for-southern-pig-tailed-macaques/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Popped in to Auckland Zoo for a long lunch break yesterday. Every time I go there’s a different animal that catches my eye. Today it was the cotton-top tamarins who seemed to decide it was their turn to be cute.

Humans are #primates. They're #GreatApes. Humans are part of the #AnimalKingdom as we can freely move. Humans belong to the animal phylum known as chordates who have backbones. Humans are #mammals. Other animal species are fellow #animals; our animal cousins. #GoVegan #veganism #VeganForTheAnimals

Baboons may offer clues to early human social evolution

https://www.earth.com/news/baboons-may-offer-clues-to-early-human-social-evolution/

Bonobos are able to infer that a human is ignorant and then to offer help

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bonobos-can-tell-when-a-human-doesnt-know-something/

#Greatape sense of #humour

Especially #orangs

#anthropology #primates #laughter #cognition

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/great-apes-joke-around-suggesting-humor-is-older-than-humans/

Colourful #Drills are shy #primates who just want to be left alone! They're endangered directly by #palmoil #deforestation and hunting in #Cameroon and #Nigeria Help save them #Boycottpalmoil ️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/04/10/drill-mandrillus-leucophaeus-2/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Colourful #Drills are shy #primates who just want to be left alone! They're endangered directly by #palmoil #deforestation and hunting in #Cameroon and #Nigeria Help save them #Boycottpalmoil ️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect

http://palmoildetectives.com/2021/04/10/drill-mandrillus-leucophaeus-2/