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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Claudine Andre

Claudine André,, is a Belgian conservationist. She founded Lola ya bonobo in 1994, which is a bonobo sanctuary, just south of Kinshasa, at Mont Ngafula, in the Lukaya Valley, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Born: November 6, 1946
Bonobos are unique among great apes because they are not dominated by males. — © Claudine Andre
Bonobos are unique among great apes because they are not dominated by males.
Bonobos really violate a rule of nature where usually if you're bigger, you're going to be dominant. But here, females are actually smaller. But they're still not dominated by males because they work together.
Bonobos may have a brain that's a third the size of ours, but they're remarkably intelligent.
Bonobos don't really have that darker side. So that's where they could really help us is how could it be that a species that has a brain a third of the size of ours can do something that with all our technological prowess we can't accomplish? Which is to not kill each other.
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