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A Baby Bonobo at the Jacksonville Zoo, Jacksonville, FL

Photo by Graham McGeorge (Jacksonville, FL); Photographed October 2012

Bonobos face an increasingly troubled existence; only part of their habitat is protected, and due to a growing human population and increases in agricultural and logging, they are losing their homes. Humans also hunt them for food and use them in traditional medicine, says the WWF.

Status: Endangered


 

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