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Congo Bonobo! Ape Really Cuddling a Pet Mongoose? : Wildlife photographer of the year featuring #wildographer Christian Ziegler @christianziegler. #Repost “Today my picture of a bonobo is featured on BBC News to celebrate the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2022 - I’m excited, happy and humbled to be recognized in this year’s awards! I saw this young male bonobo petting a small mongoose one day when I was tracking a group in the forest near LuiKotale field station. He was holding the animal carefully, looking after it even as he climbed a nearby tree to eat fruit with the rest of the group. But this is likely not such an innocent relationship; bonobos occasionally eat meat and it is likely that this young mongoose was caught when its mother was hunted and eaten by the rest of the group. It would not be possible to capture these images without the support of Max Planck scientist Dr Barbara Fruth, who runs the LuiKotale Bonobo Project. Follow me for wildlife and nature photography. I am an outreach photographer working for Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior (MPI-AB), where I have been documenting both bonobo behavior and Dr Barbara Fruth's ongoing work at LuiKotale. I love being in this remote forest but it is physically challenging and tough on equipment with high humidity and low light. I captured this image with a Canon R5 at ISO 25,600 - this ability to capture animals in such low light has only become possible in the last two years. #Wildography #greatapes #bonobo #LiveForTheStory #congo #Canon R5 #WPY58 @MPI_animalbehav @photojournalism @nhm_wpy @canonemeapro @maxplanckgesellschaft (at Democratic Republic of the Congo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch9pgVUs0H0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Today’s Cuteness brought to by @apeactionafrica, a wildlife conservation organisation working in Cameroon, Central Africa. They work in the front line saving primates from the illegal bushmeat and pet trades. Please give them a follow and offer your much needed support in your own way. https://www.apeactionafrica.org/ #ApeActionAfrica #Primate #Conservation #GreatApes #Wildography https://www.instagram.com/p/CVqbH3OsgmS/?utm_medium=tumblr

Rewilding Success from the @theaspinallfoundation A baby gorilla is cradled by its mother, Mayombe, in the Bateke Plateau, south-east Gabon. The baby was born in the wild from two parents who grew up in captivity in Europe Photograph: The Aspinall Foundation/AFP/Getty #Wildography #greatapes #conservation #gorilla #gabon #aspinalfoundation #babyboom (at Parc national des plateaux Batéké) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ3weckAYul/?utm_medium=tumblr

Reposted from @apeactionafrica ⭐️ Friday and Twinkle ⭐️⠀ ⠀ Orphan Friday recently moved into Song’s group, and he’s enjoying having lots of bigger chimps to look after him and to play with. The whole group have very warmly accepted Friday and fellow infant Florence into their family, and it’s Malika or Kira who usually carry Friday around the forest. Yesterday he decided it was time for a change and jumped onto Twinkle’s back, but we can’t help feeling there’s something he didn’t get quite right this time. 😂⠀ ⠀ To help us care for more than 280 rescued primates, please give what you can at https://www.apeactionafrica.org/donate/a-year-to-remember/25/credit-card (link in bio). We can’t give orphans like Friday a second chance at life in the forest without your support. 💚⠀ ⠀ 📷 Ape Action Africa / Jo Gaweda⠀ ⠀ #orphan #chimps #babychimps #greatapes #endangeredspecies #family #Friday #twinkle #greatapeconservation #apestogetherstrong #rescue #rehab #forest #apeactionafrica https://www.instagram.com/p/CORS4-zhaFw/?igshid=18ryhuba8moj0

Reposted from @freedom_for_great_apes Beautiful CJ, enjoying some mid-morning rays. #chimp #chimpanzee #chimpsanctuary #greatapes #freedom_for_great_apes #primates #animallovers #supportwildlife #rescue #livingbestlife #Oregon #Happythursday #sanctuarylife #freedomtolivelifewell https://www.instagram.com/p/CKUSdhSBEYE/?igshid=5eheudw2bv44