In the past five years, ta los angeles zoo has had five babies born which is very adorable. They decided to name four of them in swahili, which is the predominant culture where chimpanzies come from. And they also have some with american names, like those. So chimpansis em you know, they breed all the time. We couldn't even if we wanted to. Am, so all the females are on birth control. Yes, they take the pill. Are they veteranna grade? No, they're just or pills. Do you put it in their food, or yet? We m we crush it up and put it in juice for them every
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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