gibbon
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Skywalker gibbon couples wake up each morning and sing to each other, their voices echoing across the forest canopy of their home.
From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024
The park has held off on an expansion of its gibbon pen, a big project that would have given the playful primates more space, but would have also required taking out a loan.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2023
"And I'm pleased to say I've beaten the challenge of Kent the gibbon external-link in Zagreb Zoo. He went very quiet once Croatia lost in the semi-finals."
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2022
Prentice, a lawyer and land baron, lived in a 16-room mansion near what is now the zoo with monkeys and a gibbon, whose mischief caused multiple housekeepers to quit, according to a 2009 Times article.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2022
The gibbon, for instance, is said to take no notice of the dead.
From Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution by Morris, Charles
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East Asia - Middle School
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