Since the 19th century, western zoos have highly coveted gorillas, yet their early attempts to maintain them in captivity resulted in untimely deaths. The treatment of captive gorillas dramatically improved in the late 1920s. Gorillas in captivity engage in stereotypical behaviors such as overgrooming...
Anecdotal press reports and published journal articles describing ape deaths caused by cardiac disease date back to the mid-20th century.16 However, recognition of clinical signs of cardiac disease in apes, and scientific case reports detailing antemortem recognition of CVD, were scarce through the ...
NOTE:The sizes of these gorilla families vary from time to time as a result of separation, welcome of new born, conflict, divorce, deaths, fleeing of some family members. Some strong male gorillas may attack another gorilla family to raid females in a bid to expand their families. Prior pr...
If you look back through my archives I have blogged next to nothing this year. The past couple really. Mostly reactions to the deaths of artists that inspired me. My Twitter feed features more photos of our puppy than any real writing. I know the reason why, though I never speak of it...
deaths—the second most common cause of death after trauma35,36. Epidemiologic analyses conducted during three temporally distinct respiratory outbreaks detected pathogens of human origin in symptomatic individuals37,38. These respiratory outbreaks were found to be caused by human respiratory syncytial ...
The true tests of the physical prosperity of a race, and of its position in the world, are bodily strength and the excess of births over deaths. Separation after marriage can hardly be dignified on the Gaboon by the name of divorce. Whenever a woman has or fancies she has a grievance, ...
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For more than two-dozen North American women, satisfying Earle Nelson's hunger would mean their deaths.Over time, Earle descended further into madness. He suffered terrible migraines which no medicine or maternal care from his wife could ease. During one such attack, while he was at work, ...
the other in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park—which resulted in the capture of two babies and the deaths of six adults; luckily, one of the babies was recovered and successfully assimilated into another gorilla group. Yet there are concerns that the lawlessness and instability on the Congolese...