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great ape

[greyt eyp] / ˈgreɪt ˈeɪp /


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The study's findings, said the authors, show that extreme rainfall events can directly threaten the survival of great ape populations.

From BBC Jun. 11, 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

As exciting as this great ape baby boom is for L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2025

Database at the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, a repository of all great ape population data.

From Science Daily Apr. 3, 2024

I am a great ape, and you are a great ape, and so are chimpanzees and orangutans and bonobos, all of us distant and distrustful cousins.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate




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