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Article: Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape.
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- Animals
- Article date:
- July 1, 1997
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By Frans De Waal. Photographs by Frans Lanting. 235 pages. University of California Press. $39.95 hardcover.
The two lovers walked slowly arm in arm, moving among the trees, hoping to steal a private moment. They stopped once along the way so that he could gently kiss the hand of his beloved. When they reached the canopy of tall trees, the lovers turned to face one another and stared intensely into each other's eyes. They then embraced and finally, at long last, kissed deeply and passionately, each caressing the fur over the other's ears ... CUT!
The above description could easily pass for a Hollywood script. But it isn't. It's a typical day in the life ...