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Mimimi day
Photographer and naturalist Konrad Here (Konrad Wothe) in Tanzanian reserve Mahale Mountains National Park photographed like a little chimp trying to become independent
According to 59-year-old photographer, chimpanzees are gradually moving away from their parents at the age of about 6 months, when they begin to move independently. They escape to explore the world, climb trees.
But all this is of course not true independence and without care little baby mother was capable of. With parents chimpanzees live to about 7-10 years and go only when they reach maturity (in 9-13 years, males puberty begins about three years earlier).
According to 59-year-old photographer, chimpanzees are gradually moving away from their parents at the age of about 6 months, when they begin to move independently. They escape to explore the world, climb trees.
But all this is of course not true independence and without care little baby mother was capable of. With parents chimpanzees live to about 7-10 years and go only when they reach maturity (in 9-13 years, males puberty begins about three years earlier).
