Tag: chimpanzees
Chimpanzees don’t want to be surveilled. A primate in a Dutch zoo saw a drone flying through its habitat and was like “fuck outta here” and took it out with a mighty hit from a big branch. Then it went down to the ground and took an ape selfie. I bet this brilliant chimp leads […]
It’s a victorious-ish day for our closest hominid relatives. Yesterday, the U.S. National Institute of Health announced that it would begin retiring biomedical research chimps — many of whom have spent their entire lives in captivity — to sanctuaries. Er, most of them. Over the next couple years. Following years of pressure from groups like […]