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The Geladas of Ethiopia

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they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. . they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. This has resulted in their populations returning to natural levels and their fear of humans being curtailed. Gelada communications include intense staring with raised eyebrows. Photo by Adam Riley.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. It’s not surprising that animals—especially, but not only, mammals—share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures—located in the limbic system—that are the seat of our emotions.

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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with. However, they were refound on Buldir Island, a remote island that never had any introduced mammals. They were secure in their isolated home here until humanity came to Laysan in the 1890s.

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