The kidnappers are holding the animals, aged between two and five, hostage and demanding a six-figure ransom.
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, ‘Gigantopithecus blacki’ roamed the forests of Southeast Asia, standing more than three metres tall and estimated to weigh around 270 kilograms.
Those horse-riding apes are back in the new Dawn of the Planet of the Apes trailer. Check it out and prepare to be enslaved.
Scientists have acknowledged that it’s not just us humans that suffer from midlife crises – apes do too. Except the apes might not go out and buy a Harley, or take up golf on their own accord.
22 years ago, Damian Aspinall did what many parents would consider to be reckless and irresponsible – he introduced his 18-month-old daughter, Tansy, to a group of gorillas at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent. He filmed the encounter but kept the footage private, until now.
Kanzi the bonobo has made headlines before, first for learning sign language, and then later when he made up “words” for everyday objects. His latest feat though, is nothing short of amazing. The industrious ape crafted rudimentary stone tools that are “on a par with the efforts of early humans”.