This is one of the Bonobo youngster from Twycross zoo. They've been given the huge blue balls to play with. The youngster is trying his best to get the ball to the top. Getting his hands and legs all twisted. He tries to pull the ball between his legs and when he falls, your heart misses a beat, but he's fine and tries again. Mum sitting at the bottom, obviously not worried about her son.
Bonobos are often confused with Chimpanzees but they distinguished by relatively long legs, pink lips, dark face and tail-tuft through adulthood, and parted long hair on its head. Chimpanzees and bonobos are closely related to humans.
Twycross Zoo is the only Zoo in the UK that breeds bonobos the endangered ape. Like so many animals these ape species are listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List and is threatened by habitat destruction and human population growth. Foxes are not protected in the UK except for by The Hunting Act 2004 which banned hunting for them with dogs in England and Wales.
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