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Why Can’t Monkeys Talk?

Some animals have gained the ability to talk through learning or training, like parrots and elephants. But surprisingly, monkeys and apes, the human’s closest primate cousins, remain unable to produce human-like speech. Many believe that their anatomy hinders them from talking like humans, but new research has disproved that idea. Despite being anatomically equipped for […]

Did Santino the Chimpanzee Try to Attack Visitors at the Zoo?

Tourist Destinations, Wildlife / November 12, 2021

Chimpanzees are highly sociable primates. They often live in communities with several animals and are often led by an alpha male. These primates mostly direct their aggressive tendencies on threats. They are intelligent and robust creatures. But did you hear the story about Santino the Chimpanzee in Furuvik Zoo? In 1997, Santino, one of the

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