Playing With Kasai the Orphan Bonobo

Curious Kasai the baby orphan bonobo sits on Eveline's lap & is fascinated with the camera

[@deborahcaesar7196]

So precious, so cute, so human like and so curious!! Gods creations are SO BEAUTIFUL!!

[@driinun8433]

I've never seen anything with such adorable eyes outside of a Pixar movie

[@elikinder1506]

How can you not love these babies?

[@Leyla7292]

Eli Kinder Yes exactly 😊 Bonobos are so adorable, fascinating, cute, & precious 🙏💕

[@colleenbiczis954]

Plus humanized, n the kindness of all apes,n mo keys put together

[@nbrown6051]

His little face is just so pretty it’s like it’s a kids toy. Like it’s so perfect it isn’t real BUT IT IS!’n. I want to hug and kiss and play and rock it all day and all night. How blessed are the caregivers that get to love and hug and touch these priceless precious beautiful little baby monkeys!!!’n. Truly truly blessed!!!! The bonobos ate equally as blessed. Obviously 🙄

[@anonyo67]

You can visit there www.lolayabonobo.org/visit-lola-ya-bonobo/

[@kanokratuthairangsee1934]

I love the baby 👶 😍 💕 so adorable

[@FlyinZX10R]

You are very fortunate to have had such an experience. I think the last time I even saw any type of primate in person was about 45 years ago at a zoo. I have however got to pet a Bengal tiger and got to interact with a killer whale at a show in the animal park. They picked me out of the crowd. They told me to stand at the edge of the water and hold my arms out like I’m giving a hug. The trainer gave some kind of command to the whale and it started swimming toward low in the water. Then it came out of the water and spit water all over me and stuck its tongue up against my face while the trainer made a kissing sound over the microphone. I’d rather be around animals all day than humans.

[@kathywheatley6014]

what a such rewarding job

[@belindawilson5486]

So adorable. 🥰😍😍

[@kneckebro]

almost like a human baby :)

[@brianh.stastny6397]

Nobody in his right mind can compare a beautiful animal with those disgusting biped brat vermin.

[@googlechrom3297]

Brian H. Stastny shut your damn mouth, I know you are one of those killbabymonkeys fan

[@koba763]

@@googlechrom3297 I think he was satirically calling the humans the disgusting biped brats... Bonobos aren't bipedal...

[@loriweikel9551]

Sooo cute & curious 😍❤😍❤

[@marciapeak893]

Strange how some of these keepers treat the baby primates as if they are human babies. Saying "No" and sometimes slapping the baby's hand or scolding them if they did something that the keeper didn't like. This is done to a human child because it will grow up to be a human adult. Why chastise a baby primate when he's going to be let loose in the wild.

[@Elena-ce8ek]

God tier cuteness ❤

[@kayugakanashinde89]

Awwwh! The tiny is so cuute...

[@kanokratuthairangsee1934]

Really beautiful eyes and face...

[@thegremlinduke2190]

This isn't a chimpanzee is a close cousin to the chimpanzee but a lot friendlier and playful since they side has more food than their cousin they are less mean and hostile than there cousin.

[@allgoo1964]

Those are human eyes.

[@Joakin93]

@@allgoo1990 "What's the similarity? Are they closer to human eyes than, say, dog's eyes?" well, considering that apes like gorillas and chimps have 97% to 99% identicall DNA with us respectively, you don't have to be an expert biologist to say that there is, in fact, mores similiraty between a human and an ape than with a dog.

[@koba763]

@@Joakin93 Sure, that may be true, but bonobos, unlike chimps and other apes, have white sclerae, which we also have and evolved in order to more easily determine the direction of another individual's gaze. Some common chimpanzees do have this, but the vast majority of bonobos do as a result of them being more social than political.

[@Joakin93]

@@koba763 Yeah many bonobos have that particularity characteristic in the eye as us, also their muscular mass is smaller than chimps

[@Joakin93]

@Nica bueno niño, ya te respondió el del comentario original así que tienes que practicar muchísimo tu comprensión e interpretación lectora

[@mohamedramadan222]

may be a greedy hunter made him an orphan!

[@spencersekyer9623]

Unfortunately you are correct

[@terriherrera9351]

So precious !! 💞💞

[@Astyanaz]

If for a couple hundred years or so people raised bonobos, they would be as adapted to humans as dogs are, and would truly be "man's best friend". And we could communicate with them on the computer or with sign language. And they ane non aggressive and don't attack people.

[@anonyo67]

Except they can tear your face off. It is a complete misnomer that bonobos are non aggressive and do not attack humans

[@PrimateProductions]

Charles Watson that is not at all correct...though their temperament is much calmer and they are not as emotionally volatile as chimps they most certainly can be aggressive, they can and and will injure a human..they can and do fight and they also hunt and eat meat including smaller primates and those small deer like animals called duikers..well they eat those poor creatures alive!!

[@solitairecatnaps4444]

@@anonyo67 : I believe aggression among them or toward humans is very rare if you look at the research.

[@anonyo67]

@@solitairecatnaps4444 In the wild perhaps however in captivity, I disagree, once bonobos or chimps reach sexually maturity, 7-8 years they become wildly unpredictable, if not very dangerous they certainly are unmanageable. Consequently they end up being confined to a cage. I can tell you from seeing this first hand this happens in every instance. There is a reason you only see infant or juvenile chimps interacting with humans. It comes down to what is best for the animal, they are best left in the wild, and for those poor souls who do get captured by humans, sanctuary's are the best option. Incidentally these sanctuaries are filled with chimps and bonobos given up from people who made this same mistake

[@eatYoself]

Afaik bonobos only fight for mates.

[@utoobjunkie4902]

I'm sorry anon yo I assumed u already knew and posted my comment as soon as I read it on the Lola site. Such a sweet swèet beautiful baby. So sad that they are being lost the way they are.

[@miroslavarivera7031]

Que. Bonito

[@user-sj9py2ff6l]

🚼🍼 travesso ❤❤❤❤❤

[@nbrown6051]

I see this was taken intothousand 11 but hopefully I can access more recent photos or videos of this or other bonobos very good video fill in love with them wish I had a job where I could just hug them and hold them all day and then just like a kid and he toddler and infant at the end of the day I get to give it back to the mother and go home without them. Lmao

[@anonyo67]

Thank you for sharing this with me utoobjunkie4902. I am very saddened with this news, it is the first that I heard of it, to say that I am devastated is an understatement. Rest in peace my little sweet monchi-chi

[@att20ful]

That sounds like "Kanzi" the bonobo.

[@PrimateProductions]

att20ful what sounds likhe Kanzi? It never made any noise

[@koba763]

@@PrimateProductions They were talking about the name: Kasai.

[@user-qj8xe8mn9z]

00:48当たりの後ろ姿を見るとホンマ人間の赤ちゃんそっくりやなって思う我々と同じヒト科の動物なんだなとすくずく思う

[@anonyo67]

She is named after the Kasai River a tributary of the Congo River,that serves as the border between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), then flows into the DRC, where it joins the Congo, northeast of Kinshasa

[@mohammedkaleem9954]

anonyo67 to

[@justsomepersononyoutube9271]

1 year ago

[@jurassicrino3769]

Hope he can get reliest in the wild and smash with other benobos to relieve of stress enz

[@bettinakrugermenschenkind9673]

❤️❤️❤️

[@user-mk4cr6ik4s]

Детёныш вроде бы и Бонобо, но в то же время похож и на гориллу. Похоже, мамашка согрешила с самцом гориллы 🤣

[@elisabetm4505]

Qué cosa más bonita por dioossssss

[@snejanakoleva6110]

❤❤❤❤❤❤😘😘😘😘😁👍🤝

[@tlfortynine]

Awwwwwwww

[@vickiaverett2744]

Is this Bonobo at a sanctuary?

[@spencersekyer9623]

Kasai was at Lola ta Bonobo sanctuary unfortunately she passed away when a flu swept through the facility

[@anonyo67]

This is all that I could find... Bonobo (SSP recommendations) Parainfluenza I, II and III, Influenza A and B, Respiratory syncytial virus, Hepatitis A, B and C, Herpes B, Herpes simplex 1 and 2, Human immunodeficiency virus, Simian immunodeficiency virus, Simian T-cell lymphotrophic virus, Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, Varicella-zoster, measles.

[@elikinder1506]

What a baby. Send it to me.

[@patrickbush9526]

If She grows up around French speaking people. Will she understand English or Spanish?

[@koba763]

Very likely. When gorillas are raised around humans (not in a zoo) such as the example of Koko the gorilla, she could understand most of the words and sentences that her adoptive human parents were saying. They even taught her sign language (with some tweaks to accommodate her lack of complex motor skills). Bonobos are even closer to humans genetically and have a larger brain in proportion to their bodies than gorillas. They share around 99% of their genome with humans whilst gorillas share only 98%, which might not seem like much but remember, 1% of our genetic code is what separates us, humans, from chimpanzees and bonobos.

[@juneraymond1273]

Does anyone know why that "lady" would not let baby touch her hand? Or the person with camera who really wanted baby to. Seems like if you don't love little animals then get a different job.

[@anonyo67]

I think Eveline was concerned that Kasai would do something to damage my camera. I was just thrilled to be interacting so closely with a baby bonobo. I can assure you that Eveline loved that creature as much as any Mother I have seen loves their own child. When Kasai passed away when an influenza virus swept through the sanctuary in 2012 she was absolutely devastated. I think sometimes when you only see a fragment of a situation we can create a scenario that is not accurate. Eveline spent 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with Kasai

[@utoobjunkie4902]

their little bodies must be just very susceptible to influenza. More so than human infants. Does anyone know if it is something about their little systems? Or is it more difficult to treat in them? Or lack of meds to treat them?

[@brianh.stastny6397]

Neither. It's because their immune systems are unfamiliar with the pathogens. Adaptation takes many generations.

[@brianh.stastny6397]

Neither. It's because their immune systems are unfamiliar with the pathogens. It would take many generations to develop resistance.

[@solitairecatnaps4444]

Also, if they are poached when very young there is little opportunity for them to receive antibodies from Mom’s colostrum.

[@salvolondon]

So sweet . What happened to his mom ?

[@anonyo67]

Salvo Smith Likely killed by poachers

[@cherokeeheartct8633]

How did she get abandoned?

[@anonyo67]

What happens is poachers will kill the bonobo family and take and sell the babies. As you see they are quite fragile and require a surrogate however as apes grow older they can become incredibly dangerous. All sanctuaries wish that there was no need for them unfortunately at this time the sanctuaries are all overflowing

[@utoobjunkie4902]

I just heard :,,,,( Kasai died from flu in July 2012

[@Leyla7292]

Oh no!! 😭

[@mick79082]

It's a shame that they all speak French (the Bonobo's that is)