Tag: Baboons
Nuremberg Zoo: Hope for the baboons – Bavaria
There is hope for Nuremberg’s baboons. After the Nuremberg Zoo announced that it would most likely kill several animals in an area that had become too small, three institutions came…
Possible baboon killing: Nuremberg zoo examines relocation offers – Bavaria
In the discussion about the killing of healthy baboons, the Nuremberg Zoo is now examining new offers from institutions that want to take over the surplus monkeys. In the end,…
Species protection: "Tried contraception": Guinea baboons in the Nuremberg zoo are to be killed
In the Nuremberg Zoo, numerous Guinea baboons have to be killed in order to protect the species. According to zoo director Dag Encke, there are no alternatives such as releasing…
Animals: Nuremberg Zoo wants to kill baboons for species protection
Animals Nuremberg Zoo wants to kill baboons for species protection A group of baboons in their enclosure in the zoo in Nuremberg. photo © Daniel Karmann/dpa Can a zoo kill…
Aix-Marseille University study shows that even baboons can be altruistic
If you start to lose faith in humanity, tired of the individualism of your colleagues or the selfishness of your worst enemy, remember the baboons. Because science is certain: if…
Researchers study baboons to understand what makes us special primates
Humans, primates apart? Certainly. But where do you really draw the line? It is this ontological question that Joël Fagot, Nicolas Claidière and Julie Gullstrand are studying from the CNRS…
Baboons develop social conventions in study
Are we really different from animals? Researchers from the CNRS of the University of Aix-Marseille have just provided a new response to this ontological problem, which has agitated humanity since…
Migration of baboons: small animals have to work harder – knowledge
Living in a group is, on the whole, a good idea. A lot is easier with others. But as with many beautiful ideas, the pitfalls are in the details. For…