The uniqueness of Teco, a 15-month-old bonobo at Great Ape Trust, is chronicled in two new articles: the first in the current issue of Scientific American magazine (read here) and another on GlobalAnimal.org (read here)
Great Ape Trust scientist, Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, is Teco's primary caregiver and says he's different from the other bonobos in the colony. In this video interview with Great Ape Trust, Savage-Rumbaugh talks about Teco's behavior (view here).
Additional videos and slideshows of Teco are available in the callout box in the left margin or by going to Great Ape Trust's on-line library and searching through the video and photo galleries.
Background Information
Great Ape Trust is a scientific research facility in Des Moines, Iowa, dedicated to understanding the origins and future of culture, language, tools and intelligence, and to the preservation of endangered great apes in their natural habitats. Announced in 2002 and receiving its first ape residents in 2004, Great Ape Trust is home to a colony of seven bonobos involved in noninvasive interdisciplinary studies of their cognitive and communicative capabilities. To learn more about Great Ape Trust, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, go to GreatApeTrust.org, BonoboHope.org, www.facebook.com/GreatApeTrust or www.twitter.com/GreatApeTrust.
