An adolescent female bonobo at Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary spent hours playing
with a toad, cradling it and carrying the toad around like an infant.

Photo credit: Emilie Genty, National Geographic

15 responses to “The Parting Shot for April 5, 2012”

  1. Bonobos are amazing creatures…share 97% of DNA with us…and way smarter than a lotta people in Florida, Mississippi, and Kansas. g’nite gracie. continue…

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    1. LOL! Isn’t that the truth.

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  2. I understand this, as I once had a toad like that. Could be the same toad, but I can’t be sure.

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    1. LOL… I used to catch toads…. then let them free of course.

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  3. What I really like… is that this picture is SO disturbing heheheheh
    Oh to live in your head I’d give all the money I have.
    Sure it’s $23.57 but hell, the economy sucks. Your posts don’t 😉

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    1. The chimp and the toad is disturbing?

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      1. yes, the entire interspecies romance thing goes against my own kink tendencies. Guess I shouldn’t throw stones -sigh-

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        1. But if you cross them you might get a chimp that can snag a banana with it’s tongue from 20 feet away!

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  4. now I’m really frightened. chimps and monkeys are disgusting, vile and filthy mean creatures. personal experience, as well as my mom’s; working with them.
    toads? Like. Especially when you lick the colorful ones

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    1. Sorry you feel that way. There are very few creatures I don’t like. Cockroaches and rats (wild not lab) are the two that come to mind first.

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    1. I like the smile on the chimp.

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