Little Kaleb is swinging from the ropes in the bonobo exhibit at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. Bonobos are extremely athletic and at ease with heights.Photo by M. Brickner
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About Me
- Delfi
- I was an animal conservationist in Africa for 14 years. During a major uprising in Zaire, when bullets were flying, I did not flee. Instead, I spray-painted the word "AIDS", in blood, on the entrance of the compound where I had struggled for years to rescue orphaned bonobos -- a rare ape found only in that country. I stayed on and five years later, I managed to get 6 bonobos to safety in a Dutch zoo, where several, and their offspring reside to this day. I returned to the US in 1998 and wrote a book called Grains of Golden Sand. Unlike other books of its genre, Grains of Golden Sand covers bonobo natural history while offering an insight into the culture and the constraints of doing conservation in Africa. It is also a woman's story of facing and overcoming incredible hardships that most can only imagine.
THE SEXY APE
"WHO AM I ?"
"Who am I? Monkey, Man, Myth, or Monster?"
" THAT'S OK"
" I'm only an ape... And you're only human."
" HELP US! "
Find out more about what you can do to help bonobos in the wild by e-mailing: grainsgoldensand@bellsouth.net
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Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Bonobos
Photo by M. Brickner
Lucy and Blanket
Photo by M. Brickner
Lucy with Ducky
Photo by M. Brickner
Delfi in Zaire
Wild Orphan Bonobo
African Conservation Magazine
Monkeypox
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