Enough cats!!! THIS is the cutest of them all...

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Saw him on Today (today)...



Vijay, a male bonobo (pronounced Boh-No-boh), or pygmy chimpanzee, born December 28, is now on exhibit inside the Nursery at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Since the mother could not provide adequate care to her new baby, the Zoo’s Nursery keepers will bottle-feed the 3-pound newborn a milk supplement every three hours. Eventually, Vijay will be reintroduced to his family.

Bonobos are genetically our closest living relative. They are closer to humans than the common chimpanzee in structure, intelligence, and many habits, including walking upright. In fact, bonobos and humans share 98% of the same genes.
Teetering on the brink of extinction, bonobos are trapped in a war zone in the central Congo. Due to the civil unrest, human encroachment, deforestation and the threat from bushmeat hunters, the bonobo population has dropped significantly from 100,000 in 1980 to an estimated 5,000 today. Some researchers believe the population may have decreased by as much as 75% in the last six years.

Only eight zoos in the U.S. exhibit bonobos, which currently represents a total of 60 bonobos, including seven at the Cincinnati Zoo.

http://www.cincyzoo.org/Conservation/GlobalConservation/Bonobo/BonoboBirth/bonobobirth.html

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. I just had a sad thought

From the descriptions, this looks like the kind of animal creationist whackos would WANT extinct.

[Kamika]

2. You are strong with the cuteness.. but you are no Jedi YET!

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5. I don't know...

[Kamika]

8. argh

He is stronger then we thought

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10. Is that Jedi he's leaning against?

[bamademo]

3. I thought it was Shrub's baby picture

:evilgrin:

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4. How insulting to Vijay!

Or... that's the best compliment Shrub ever had!

[Dookus]

6. whooohooo!

Bonobos are awesome. They're all pretty much bisexual. The boys diddle the boys and the girls diddle the girls.

and they're super cute.... and they're also likely humand-kind's "second cousin".

[Whitacre D_WI]

9. More "omnisexual"...

Bonobos will get it on with anything. They are just about the horniest creatures on earth.

[Dookus]

7. whooohooo!

Bonobos are awesome. They're all pretty much bisexual. The boys diddle the boys and the girls diddle the girls.

and they're super cute.... and they're also likely humand-kind's "second cousin".

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11. Kick for the post-lunch crowd...

Or lunch crowd on the Left Coast...

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12. Last kick, go back to your cats if you need to...n/t

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