ape

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Speaking in a Nature on PBS documentary, Sir David Attenborough spoke of a huge ape that existed between six and five million years ago, the gigantopithecus.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The area is home to the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, just 800 of which were believed to exist in the wild before the disaster.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

But there are no ape characters in the Lion King.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2026

Other digital asset treasury companies that sought to ape Saylor’s modus operandi have suffered a similar fate.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

“From the old forbidden books. The Premature Burial. And the others. The Pit, the Pendulum, and the ape, the chimney, the Murders in the Rue Morgue. In a book I burned, yes!”

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury