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@Roberta,

I hadn't heard of them before, I took Wiki at it's word. I guess they used to be called pygmy chimps before. According to wiki, they are the both of the same species, the common chimps or Pan troglodytes. I'd like to see them in person, in the wild preferably. They sound lovely.

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@Ceili,

Ceili, I just did some poking around on Google. Bonobos and chimps are different species, I believe.

The weight of an average adult male chimp is between 70 and 100 pounds. The weight of an average adult male bonobo is about 80 pounds. So bonobos don't get as large as chimps, but they can well fit within the average range.

I found many references to pygmy chimps. I think this is now considered out of date.

My primary primate interest is chimps. But all the great apes fascinate me.

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@Roberta,

Roberta wrote:

Ceili, I just did some poking around on Google. Bonobos and chimps are different species, I believe.

They are, but that wasn't discovered until 30-40 years ago. That's why bonobos did use to be called pygmy chimp before then.

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Cool, thanks for the update. Do they come from the same places as well? What I found interesting is they called them hippies of the ape world. Unlike Chimps who will fight strangers, Bonobo will most likely have sex with strangers. Rarely will they fight or even kill a stranger.

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http://www.oceanlight.com/stock-photo/mountain-lion-jumping-photograph-12355-126233.jpg

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Dragonfly:

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Serval:

http://africasafariphoto.com/images/_C8R8469.jpg

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Penguins, Frankfurt Zoo, Germany.
Photo: Michael Probst / Associated Press / sfgate

http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2012/01/27/ba-APTOPIX_Germa_WRE0106377245.jpg

Marina Arguello, chief of Nicaragua's National Zoo, bottle-feeds Limi with one hand while trying to keep Bulni occupied with the other at her home near the Managua zoo. The female jaguar cubs were born about three weeks ago.
Photo: Elmer Martinez / AFP/Getty Images / sfgate

http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2012/01/27/ba-508459326_WRE0106357841.jpg

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@ossobuco,

osso, Great penguin pic. I've thoroughly recovered from the jaguar cub thud. Such cuties. Maybe I could get a job feeding jaguar cubs. I wonder if there are any in my neighborhood. In Noo Yawk, you just never know. (Remembering the guy who had a full-grown tiger in his apt. in Harlem.)

Caracal:

http://www.felidos.com/fotos/caracal_03.jpg

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@Roberta,

Speaking of big ears, here's the fennec fox. The ears help to keep the animal cool.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3636/3577220863_9394cfce18.jpg

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http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/1/27/1327676117941/A-Red-bellied-Woodpecker--013.jpg

A red-bellied woodpecker perches on a suet feeder in the village of Nyack, New York. The first major winter storm of 2012 to hit the north-east US was expected to drop up to eight inches of snow on the region.
~Photograph: MIKE SEGAR/REUTERS

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@msolga,

Stunning photo, olga. Thanks, thanks, and thanks. I love dem boids.

Cardinal in the snow:

http://www.mnn.com/sites/default/files/cardinal.jpg

And my favorite oiban boid--in the snow:

http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/Argument/Argument0711/Argument071100101/2066035-pigeon-on-snow-close-up-in-winter.jpg

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Some kissin' going on in Germany today...

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02121/orang1dda_2121766i.jpg

Orangutan baby Changi kisses his mother Lea at the zoo in Krefeld, western Germany
Picture: DDA

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And some cuddlin' in Brownsville...

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02121/gorilla3ap_2121778i.jpg

Martha cuddles her baby gorilla at Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas
Picture: AP

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http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02121/lemurs-sleeping_2121439i.jpg

A family of lemurs huddle together to keep warm in the cold weather. The close-knit bunch snuggled up on a table and slowly off. The sight was captured by keen photographer Vladimir Popov while on a trip with his family to Haifa Zoo in Israel.
Picture: VLADIMIR POPOV / CATERS NEWS

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@Irishk,

Beautiful, Irish. Love dem primates.

Springbok:

http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/fouroaks/fouroaks1005/fouroaks100500001/6908021-beautiful-male-springbok-antelope-in-the-green-grass.jpg

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I don't know where dj is off to. Maybe he's got a life. I need a B&O fix.

http://www.mnn.com/sites/default/files/main_rabbit.jpg

http://carinbondar.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/seaotter2.jpg

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@Roberta,

Ooohh, such faces.

Here a new one to me, a zonkey -

headline -
All things being equine, she's a creature of a different stripe
Mona Lisa is a 'zonkey,' a zebra-donkey hybrid. The rare animal lives in Glendale with her owner, Mara Baygulova, who first laid eyes on her 13 years ago.

story at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-zonkey-20120130,0,7035141.story

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2012-01/67717303.jpg

photo - Tim Berger / January 26, 2012

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"When the Louisiana SPCA in Algiers was deluged with 27 rabbits abandoned by overwhelmed owners, it turned to Harriet Tubman Charter School for help. The school adopted six, including this bunny."
Photo: Susan Poag / Associated Press / sfgate

http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2012/01/31/ba-Too_Many_Rabb_WRE0106447869.jpg

edit - I think this Algiers is in Louisiana, US

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@ossobuco,

osso, Thanks for the adopted bunny and the zonkey. I've heard of and seen pictures of zonkeys before. Striped donkeys. Why can't people leave well enough alone?

Here's the longest species of snake--the reticulated python:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wAXqWVq139E/Tdh3RtU4A_I/AAAAAAAAAow/9lJP_19wZyM/s1600/reticulatedpythonindonesia.jpg

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