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Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct
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BY Anjan Sundaram

MBIHE-MOKELE, Congo - Scientists are struggling to save the fast-disappearing bonobo, the gentle "hippie chimp" known for resolving squabbles through sex rather than violence.

Unfortunately, bonobos are prized by Congolese for their tasty meat, and many villagers who are illegally hunting the wiry, wizen-faced apes don't realize how close their prey is to extinction.

"Bonobos are an icon for peace and love, the world's 'hippie chimps,'" said Sally Coxe of the Washington-based Bonobo Conservation Initiative. "To let them die off would be a catastrophe."

The animals are known for greeting rival groups with genital handshakes and sensual body rubs. Bonobo spats are swiftly settled - often with a French kiss and a quick round of sex.

Despite all the sex, however, female bonobos give birth to a single infant only once every five years, making the species vulnerable.

The bonobo is native only to the vast rain forest in this huge central African nation, living high off the ground in treetop nests.

As few as 5,000 may now remain in Congo, down from an estimated 100,000 in 1984, said Ino Guabini, a primatologist. "There is no question that bonobos are seriously threatened," Guabini said.

For poor villagers, bonobos can be lucrative business, with much of the meat heading for expensive, clandestine meals at restaurants in the cities.

One bonobo can earn $200 for Richard Ipaka, a 50-year-old part-time poacher who lives in the provincial capital, Mbandaka.

"That's enough money for two months," he said.

Like many Congolese, he said he did not know bonobos are found in the wild only in his country. And like many others, he was skeptical that the ape is endangered.

"Our ancestors have been eating bonobos for centuries. How could they disappear?" Ipaka said.

Poachers have devised an array of methods to bag bonobos.

"The bonobo is a man"

Hunters in Congo's Equator province say the apes are most easily captured when asleep drunk, so poachers intoxicate them with beer and palm wine. The dazed bonobos are stuffed in bags and carted off to local markets.

Other poachers use guns, and some leave poisoned meat, silently killing packs of up to 20 bonobos.

The bonobo is the subject of age-old songs and legends, and conservationists hope to turn some of those traditions to their advantage.

In the village of Botwalu, for instance, locals believe the bonobo was once a man who lived with their tribe but now hides in the forest because an angry tree stripped him of its clothes.

"The bonobo is a man, only it is ashamed to be naked. It is wrong to hunt or eat bonobos," said Mokelo Moibula, chief of a village committee that works to protect bonobos.


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Re: Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct [Re: daimyo]
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whats with people??!?! humans are the only species that deserve to be killed until near extinction


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Re: Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct [Re: danlennon3]
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Agreed.


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Re: Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct [Re: danlennon3]
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Let's go w00k hunting at Bonnaroo. We'll process them into hippie jerky and hawk it on shakedown.

"don't panic - it's organic!"

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Re: Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct [Re: daimyo]
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Thats really lame! I remeber watching specials on them on the telly it was really inspiring. Soon after that i got the clap......

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Re: Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct [Re: Gr8fulJ420]
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Dude you going to roo? if u dont comb your hair a for a couple months you can be an undercover wook

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Re: Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct [Re: danlennon3]
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danlennon3 said:
whats with people??!?! humans are the only species that deserve to be killed until near extinction



its called survival, if 200 bucks can last them up to 2 months from thier perspective an animal they dont believe is going extinct would be worth killing for that sort of money.


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Re: Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct [Re: Gr8fulJ420]
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Gr8fulJ420 said:
Let's go w00k hunting at Bonnaroo. We'll process them into hippie jerky and hawk it on shakedown.

"don't panic - it's organic!"


this is the sole reason i am going to roo, besdies radiohead and massive drug consumption.


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Re: Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct [Re: daimyo]
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The moral of this story is that to let hippies (of any species) die off would be a catastrophe (for that species).










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Re: Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct [Re: daimyo]
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No creature that has so much casual sex should go extinct.

Seriously, humankind is very related to the bonobo, we could learn a lot from studying their behavior and DNA.

The gene hunters may already have secured the bonobo genome but different bonobo "cultures" will be lost forever.


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Re: Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct [Re: Asante]
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They're also the most bi-pedal of any modern living ape family.  These guys are pretty cool, and their resemblance to homo sapien is soooo close it's eerie.  Smoke a bowl and do a google image search sometime for a laugh or two  :thumbup:


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Re: Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct [Re: TurdFerguson]
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Quote:
"Our ancestors have been eating bonobos for centuries. How could they disappear?" Ipaka said.


Is it just me or is that self explanatory?

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Re: Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct [Re: VoidOfsPg]
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I dunno why, but I can really relate to an animal that rubs its genitalia when it gets upset.


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Re: Drunk Hippies Being Hunted, Nearly Extinct [Re: trumancoyote]
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trumancoyote said:
I dunno why, but I can really relate to an animal that rubs its genitalia when it gets upset.


I sure the hell can..

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