Joel Sartoreのインスタグラム(joelsartore) - 5月15日 02時01分

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there, including all others we share the planet with like this endangered pileated gibbon with her eight-month-old son photographed at the @GibbonConservationCenter.Pileated gibbons are sexually dimorphic, meaning females are white or grey while males have black hair. Infants are usually born with silvery hair, like their mother’s, but as the males grow their color darkens. These gibbons form strong social bonds, and reinforce those relationships by grooming one another. Breeding pairs are dominated by the female and are strengthened by a special ‘duet’ during which the two gibbons vocalize to one another. It is believed that this behavior is also used to mark the family’s territory. Pileated gibbon populations are rapidly decreasing due to uncontrolled poaching and severe fragmentation of their habitats due to logging and human development. There are ongoing efforts to protect this species in their native ranges, however if deforestation continues this species will not survive.
The Gibbon Conservation Center promotes the conservation, study, and care of gibbons through public education and habitat preservation. They have successfully reproduced 7 gibbon species, and assist with gibbon rescue programs in Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam and Indonesia.
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