source Plumploris (Nycticebus spp.), also called slow loris, are true artists of life. Their physique already reveals their survival strategy, because they are much more compact than their relatives, the

source Female mountain-gorillas give birth to a child approximately every 4 years from an age of approximately 10 years. Gorilla babies weigh an average of only 2.2 kg at birth. After a few weeks they

source Gorillas live exclusively in the tropical rainforests of Africa. Their distribution area is divided in two - almost 1000 km separate the western from the eastern gorillas. One distinguishes five

source Reproduction and development Like all apes, chimpanzees are ready to mate all year round. Conception-ready females are to be recognized well through the red-shining and swollen sex and anus-region

source For the behavior of the chimpanzees, its very high intelligence is formative. They have a very high ability to learn. This is quickly exchanged through communication to the hordes, so that new and

source The chimpanzee belongs to the most known animals at all. In the forest areas and savannahs of the lowlands Afrika´s is its home. Of all apes, the chimpanzee is the closest to humans. They can adapt

source Lemurs are primates, more precisely wet-nosed monkeys. When we talk about lemurs, we usually think of movies like Madagascar and mean a certain type of lemur called Katta. However, there are about

source Very interesting and meaningful is also the name of the lemurs, which in its long form is called Lemuriformes. The Latin word Lemures can be translated with shadow spirits of the deceased, forma

source Very remarkable is also the ability of the lemurs to live wonderfully with the local climatic conditions. During the rainy season, the animals store as much fat and energy as possible and consume

source To this day, little is known about social structures or the reproduction of lemurs, but it is certain that lemurs live in a fixed area or territory. There is an interesting theory about the distribution

source The natural habitat of the lemurs is exclusively Madagascar, although the semi-monkeys are an amazingly diverse species. Only two species of lemurs, the brown Maki and the Mongozmaki, have been

source The lemurs are considered to be the widely known and popular national animals of Madagascar. Not only children love the fluffy animals with the big eyes and the beautiful soft looking fur, which

source For a long time, apes were regarded as the most intelligent animals in the world. But although they are enormously capable of learning, there are animals that are in no way inferior to them in terms

source In particular, chimpanzees, which are genetically most similar to humans, have repeatedly proven to be remarkably talented pupils. In a test at the University of Kyoto in Japan, humans and monkeys

source Whether with or without understanding - apes are masters of association. A research series at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig showed that they learn to combine

source "You stupid monkey" - insults that are often used, but do not correspond at all to reality. Because apes in particular are very intelligent animals. But even monkey researchers do not

source The sleeping places of the gorillas consist of self-made nests of branches and leaves, that can lie either at the ground or in the branches. If they don't rest straight, they spend its time mostly

source Gorillas are the largest living primates of the ape family. An adult male can be over 1.80 meters high and weigh 200-350 kilograms. The wingspan of its outstretched arms is 2 to 2.75 meters, and

source All four gorilla subspecies are currently on the Red List. Only about 300 Cross River gorillas, 720 Mountain gorillas and at most 5000 Eastern lowland gorillas roam the jungle. The main threat factors

source The monkey selfie copyright dispute is a series of disputes about the copyright status of selfies taken by Celebes crested macaques using equipment belonging to the British nature photographer David