Female Bonobos at Wamba, Democratic Republic of Congo (IMAGE)

Kyoto University

Female Bonobos at Wamba, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Female bonobos at Wamba, Democratic Republic of Congo. Kyoto University primatologists report in Animal Behaviour that older bonobo females frequently aid younger females when males behave aggressively towards them. This partly explains how females maintain a superior status in bonobo society.

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Nahoko Tokuyama

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