Conflict in Congo Threatens Bonobos and Rare Gorillas
Conflict in Congo Threatens Bonobos and Rare Gorillas
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刚果的冲突威胁着倭黑猩猩和稀有大猩猩
作者：
G. Vogel
过去18个月来，这场席卷刚果民主共和国的战争正在给类人猿带来毁灭性的损失。前线穿过矮黑猩猩范围的心脏，即所谓的侏儒黑猩猩，以其圈养的语言学习能力和野外复杂的社会行为而闻名。数据很少，而且大多是轶事，因为大多数研究人员已经离开了这个国家，但当地的环保人士在过去几周里一直警告说，在该国的部分地区，矮黑猩猩和大猩猩都受到了严重的威胁。
The war that has gripped the Democratic Republic of Congo for the past 18 months is taking a devastating toll on great apes. The front lines cut through the heart of the range of bonobos, the so-called pygmy chimpanzees famous for their language-learning ability in captivity and their complex social behavior in the wild. Data are scarce and largely anecdotal because most researchers have left the country, but local conservationists have been warning over the past few weeks that both bonobos and gorillas are severely threatened in parts of the country.