Tik: "Every chimpin's, every primate is going to be incredibly different. You just have to watch long enough, and you will see them come out" She says the worst day of her career has been when she had to make difficult decisions about animals' medical care. Tik: "This is such a soap opera. It's game of throns."
Settle in with Alie Ward and guest Kate Gilmore, a professional primatologist and lead keeper of the great apes and Old World monkeys at the Los Angeles Zoo. Learn about chimpanzee mating, why zookeepers don't wear FitBits, primate DRAAAMA, the erroneous philosophy behind truck nuts and what happens in the middle the night at the zoo. Also get some good info on primate conservation and how to be a friend to orangutans.
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Music by Nick Thorburn
Mixing and final production by Jason Scardamalia