Firstly, Ikela from the Zoo. She is a really nice female who has a friendly relationship with every other bonobos. I personally think she is really cute.
Now, the bonobos at the Park. You will notice that they are different, but at the same time, some may look similar to the ones of the Zoo. That's normal taken that some of them have the same mother: for example Lana and Loretta.
Kalli is the daughter of Loretta, the alpha female. She likes to play with the adults, especially to interact with the males who enjoy playing with her. She turned 3 yesterday. Happy birthday!
Mudhi Blue is Lori's daughter. She is 6 but she still spends a lot of time with her mother, cuddling and grooming. She also enjoys playing with Kalli but sometimes get chased by Loretta for being too rough on her daughter.
Lenore is a female from the group. She is the biggest bonobo I have ever seen. I personally think her mother was sired by a gorilla -_-. She is very mean to Jumanji. Basically, she makes everything she can to make his life as hell. However, I will tell you later how much it is interesting from a cognitive point of view.
Lori is another female of the group. She is higher ranked than Lenore. She is a great mum and spends most of her time grooming her children: Jumanji and Mudhi.
Jumanji is Lori and Akili's son. He is the lowest ranked male and anyone can bully him easily. He is quite coward... However, he is also very nice with Kalli, his daughter (though he doesn't know that, taken that males are not aware of who they sire in the bonobo society). He can also be really intrepid when trying to upset Lenore.
Akili is Jumanji's father. He prefers solitude to the compagny of other bonobos, even though he likes to groom with Loretta and Erin. Most of time, he will be on his own, outside of the community. I really like him as he is quiet most of time.
Erin is Loretta's son. He is the dominant male and is really confident about his own strength. He doesn't fear humans and provoke them by throwing anything he can find to them. He occasionally likes to bully Jumanji. However, he is still a beautiful male, shaped like a bodybuilder, and liked by females who groom him a lot.
Loretta is the alpha female. She likes to interact with humans and she is a very good mum. I particularly like this photo because her expression makes me think about former president Mitterand (I bet anyone who has ever seen the Muppet show in France will share my feeling...)
That's all for the photos!
Lenore is a female from the group. She is the biggest bonobo I have ever seen. I personally think her mother was sired by a gorilla -_-. She is very mean to Jumanji. Basically, she makes everything she can to make his life as hell. However, I will tell you later how much it is interesting from a cognitive point of view.
Lori is another female of the group. She is higher ranked than Lenore. She is a great mum and spends most of her time grooming her children: Jumanji and Mudhi.
Jumanji is Lori and Akili's son. He is the lowest ranked male and anyone can bully him easily. He is quite coward... However, he is also very nice with Kalli, his daughter (though he doesn't know that, taken that males are not aware of who they sire in the bonobo society). He can also be really intrepid when trying to upset Lenore.
Akili is Jumanji's father. He prefers solitude to the compagny of other bonobos, even though he likes to groom with Loretta and Erin. Most of time, he will be on his own, outside of the community. I really like him as he is quiet most of time.
Erin is Loretta's son. He is the dominant male and is really confident about his own strength. He doesn't fear humans and provoke them by throwing anything he can find to them. He occasionally likes to bully Jumanji. However, he is still a beautiful male, shaped like a bodybuilder, and liked by females who groom him a lot.
Loretta is the alpha female. She likes to interact with humans and she is a very good mum. I particularly like this photo because her expression makes me think about former president Mitterand (I bet anyone who has ever seen the Muppet show in France will share my feeling...)
TG
1 comment:
qtlewMakasi might have something to say about Lorettas' skill as a mother.
I am sure he would disagree with your comment about Loretta being "a very good mum"
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