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Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative is a great ape sanctuary and scientific research facility in Des Moines, Iowa.The facility was announced in 2002 and received its first ape residents in 2004, conceived of as the Great Ape Trust, [1] or Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary, [2] launched in part by the primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Des Moines businessman Ted Townsend.
Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is a species of retrovirus that cause persistent infections in at least 45 species of non-human primates. [1] [2] Based on analysis of strains found in four species of monkeys from Bioko Island, which was isolated from the mainland by rising sea levels about 11,000 years ago, it has been concluded that SIV has been present in monkeys and apes for at least ...
According to a now-discredited hypothesis, the AIDS pandemic originated from live polio vaccines prepared in chimpanzee tissue cultures, accidentally contaminated with simian immunodeficiency virus and then administered to up to one million Africans between 1957 and 1960 in experimental mass vaccination campaigns.
Tonka, the chimpanzee at the center of the HBO docuseries Chimp Crazy, is far removed from the drama included in the show today.. The 32-year-old primate first rose to fame in the 90s, when, as a ...
It’s been just over two years since Tonka arrived at Save the Chimps, a 150-acre parcel of protected land where 222 apes born in captivity have come to live out their retirement.
Chimpanzees routinely live 30 years in captivity, and can reach 60 years of age. [27] Most of the labs either conduct or make the chimpanzees available for invasive research, [58] defined as "inoculation with an infectious agent, surgery or biopsy conducted for the sake of research and not for the sake of the chimpanzee, and/or drug testing."
Some troublemaking chimpanzees at the Kansas City Zoo were up to no good Thursday. The "Today" show has more on their funny business. 'One of the chimps broke off a six-foot tree limb inside his ...
They usually live less than 15 years, although individuals that reach 12 years may live an additional 15 years. On rare occasions, wild chimpanzees may live nearly 60 years. Captive chimpanzees tend to live longer than most wild ones, with median lifespans of 31.7 years for males and 38.7 years for females. [75]