I am Bonobo. I'm only an ape... And You're Only Human.How did you first learn about bonobo? Was it from "Bonobo" the name of a Japanese dub band, "Bonobo" the name of a fashionable clothing company, or "Bonobo" the name of a vegetarian restaurant in New York City?
We asked the question -- Where did you first learn about bonobos? -- from our blog visitors. Of 17 responses, 65% said that they learned about the species from a friend or colleague. Twenty-nine percent said that they knew about bonobos from a zoo visit. Only one individual, six percent, discovered bonobos online.
Amazingly, no one claimed that they had learned about bonobos from the media, the fourth choice. It is too bad that there is so little information about this species that may turn out to be our closest genetic relative and that has many human like behaviors. Or, is it those very "peacemaking" behaviors that make the bonobo taboo for the general press?
It may be up to us to spread the word about bonobos.
Photo of Molaso, in Zaire, D. Messinger
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