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Apes are a branch of Old World tailless anthropoid primates native to Africa and Southeast Asia. They are the sister group of the Old World monkeys, together forming the catarrhine clade. They are distinguished from other primates by a wider degree of freedom of motion at the shoulder joint as evolved by the influence of brachiation. In traditional and non-scientific use, the term “ape” excludes humans, and is thus not equivalent to the scientific taxon Hominoidea. There are two extant branches of the superfamily Hominoidea: the gibbons, or lesser apes; and the hominids, or great apes,more info:wiki

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#10 There is a moral argument for keeping great apes in zoos,more info:aeon

I get apprehensive whenever someone asks me about my job. I’m a philosopher who works on the question of how language evolved, I reply. If they probe any further, I tell them that I work with the great apes at Leipzig zoo. But some people, I’ve discovered, have big problems with zoos.

Plenty of philosophers and primatologists agree with them. Even the best zoos force animals to live in confined spaces, they say, which means the animals must be bored and stressed from being watched all the time. Other critics claim that zoos are wrong even if the creatures aren’t suffering, because being held captive for human entertainment impugns their dignity. Such places ‘are for us rather than for animals’, the philosopher Dale Jamieson has written, and ‘they do little to help the animals we are driving to extinction’.

But I want to defend the value of zoos. Yes, some of them should certainly be closed. We’ve seen those terrible videos of solitary apes or tigers stalking barren cages in shopping malls in Thailand or China. However, animals have a good quality of life in many zoos, and there’s a strong moral case for why these institutions ought to exist. I’ve come to this view after working with great apes, and it might not extend to all species equally. However, since great apes are both cognitively sophisticated and human-like in their behaviour, they offer a strong test case for evaluating the morality of zoos in general.

#9 Ape advocate says poor enclosure design to blame for tragic death,more info:bostonherald

#8 Facts About Apes,more info:livescience

Apes are humanity’s closest living relatives. In fact, people are apes; humans share about 98 percent of their DNA with chimpanzees. The non-human types of apes are divided into two groups: great apes — gorillas, bonobos, chimpanzees and orangutans — and lesser apes — gibbons and siamangs.

Apes are not monkeys; they belong to different branches of the Simian infraorder, and there are several physical differences. Apes do not have tails, while most monkeys do, and apes are typically larger than monkeys, according to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park. Apes’ noses are short and broad, while monkeys’ noses are more snout-like. Apes also have larger brains than monkeys, and they are capable of using tools and learning language.

#7 Remembering Great Apes,more info:kickstarter

#6 Taking A Great Ape’s Blood Pressure Isn’t Easy. The Dallas Zoo Has Been Trying For Years,more info:keranews

For the past few years, the Dallas Zoo has been trying to get an accurate blood pressure reading for their gorillas – without having to put them to sleep.

It’s part of a national effort across several accredited zoos to better understand cardiovascular health in apes to prevent heart disease in captivity.

But that’s been quite a challenge. Getting a gorilla to voluntarily put his arm into a blood pressure cuff takes months of training – and trust.

#5 Apes,more info:independent

#4 GREAT APES,more info:petakids

Did you know that some people use great apes for entertainment? Chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans are all members of the great ape family, and as science has shown, they’re very similar to us! They have fingernails instead of claws, hair instead of fur, and even opposable thumbs. They’re also just like us in all the ways that matter the most: They love their families, and the young ones stay close to their mothers for years. They even have the same blood types as humans! Did you know that humans are actually great apes, too? Of course, there are a few differences between us and other great apes: For instance, male gorillas are about 10 times stronger than the average adult man.