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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. Chimpanzees and elephants grieve the loss of family and friends, and gorillas hold wakes for the dead. Harvard University psychologist Marc Hauser observed what could be called embarrassment in a male rhesus monkey.

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“Wild Rwanda – Where to watch birds, primates, and other wildlife”

10,000 Birds

There are 10 side boxes further underlying some topics, e.g. Colobus monkeys, Chimpanzees and mountain gorillas, with a separate box describing all the gorilla groups of the Volcanoes National Park, then a box on Dian Fossey and other gorilla researchers, as well as the Albertine Rift endemic birds of Rwanda.

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