The Forgotten Apes

This is not another Hollywood Blockbuster movie like the Planet of the Apes. But rather unfortunately the Bonobo's existence that is in peril. Yup, the Bonobo's are most known to be called the "Forgotten Apes" Let's delve into this even deeper, when I say the Forgotten Apes, it is estimated that there are only 10,000 - 50,000 Bonobo's left on this planet, more specifically, living in the Congo.

Wild bonobos can only be found in forests south of the congo river, which is located in the Congo Basin. When they want to search for food, they split up into groups with 100 bonobo's in each group, just to hunt for themselves and the bonobo community.

RUNNING OUT OF TIME

There are reasons why the Bonobo's are running out of time. Let me explain. If you were to summon a meeting with all of the bonobos on the planet, you would clearly see how few there are.

Humans are exploiting Bonobo's to a point where they are being used as pets, and other such cruel and abusive ways, such as witchcraft too.

OBSTACLES

 People in the Congo are essentially poor, food is scarce, and so therefore Bonobo's are on the main menu many at times. Technically, that is cannibalism since Bonobos share a 98.7% Human DNA characteristic.

However when people are starving, and families need to feed their kids, they go to great lengths to survive by eating whatever deems available.

 A substantial amount of the Congo Rainforest is disappearing due to deforestation for purposes of minerals, charcoal, mahogany, fuelwood, urban expansion, and mining. When this happens, the Bonobos are being forced out of their natural habitat.

UNDERSTANDING ANOTHER CULTURE

To us Westerners, whom are more privileged in our way of life, we cannot all truly imagine or understand how people living in the Congo (Or other poor countries) do what they do in order to survive.

We may think living on the streets is sad, but in Congo, many people's houses are just mud houses, with mud floors. That's the real sad thing.