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On the ground

The Rekambo chimpanzee community (rekambo means ‘where English is spoken’ in the local language) consists of about 40 individuals. The Ozouga Chimpanzee Project team, led by Tobias Deschner and Simone Pika, head of the comparative biocognition research group at Osnabrück University’s Institute of Cognitive Science, has documented previously unknown chimp behaviour in Gabon’s Loango National Park.

Green mosaic

An aerial view of Loango National Park in Gabon. This protected natural paradise is a hotspot of biodiversity, containing a mosaic of different

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