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Africa's Great Apes in Peril

Posted by Hemos on from the decline-of-the-great-ones dept.

MiTEG writes "Scientific American is reporting that the number of great apes of western Africa declined by 56% between 1980 and 2002. The decrease is larger than previous estimates because it was found that deforestation is not the only substantial cause of population reduction. Other significant causes of death are poachers and the Ebola virus."

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  1. Can't we just save some DNA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm sure that George W Bush's DNA is on file already. Bring in the clowns! Err... bring in the clones!