The Bonobo Connection - Wildscreen Festival 2014 - Submission

[@crocoshark4097]

Animals and nature always feel like the most bitttersweet things one could possibly be interested in. You're learning about the most beautiful things in the world while also constantly hearing about how its being destroyed.

[@SandraJoPo]

Well said

[@juliawalkerthompson5763]

Yes Crocoshot so true I am watching a Bonobo documentary Romantic music playing while poachers are stalking Cruelty of poaching Only place they are found Democratic Republic of Congo. Central Africa. Still l am soaking up the I formation

[@cynthiaadams5595]

Bonobos are peaceful, caring, and non violent creatures. Humans have a lot to learn from Bonobos!

[@thesaucewhisperer6073]

Bonobos are so amazing

[@nathankrush3289]

Like chimpanzees, their DNA is 98 ,7percent human and they seem to know that.

[@keithdale984]

The 1 Bonobo girl with the long hair is soooo Human looking its scary lol. They are my favorite animal to learn about after finding out about them. They are amazing man...

[@arifsocrates6851]

Please save their life. They are most peaceful and don't kill them.

[@TongoMark-bo9gj]

Such a beautiful video, thank you very much for the presentation

[@suetaylor1127]

I love the lady that runs the bonobo sanctuary. She is a cool lady!

[@ElburroE]

She's so dedicated. She really is a blessing.

[@StClairAlleyne]

First time I am learning of them. Such beautiful creature.

[@mishacol]

fuck...eating apes is almost cannibalism.

[@elizabethG633]

Bonobo does not mean people of the forest. That description belongs to Orang Utans.

[@kd6836]

It always boils down to money. I keep hearing billionaires saying safe the earth. Spend some of your fortunes and stop the palm oil plantations and hunting of all the apes. There’s no money in that for them so it’s left up to the rest to do the work and give what they can. Keep preaching to us, we will do the real work. It is awful what has been done to all of the great apes in the past century.

[@BettyThompson-qn7cl]

We can all agree, that we can learn how too make peace from them. Peace is something that is much needed all over the world.

[@SherryRector]

Wonderful presentation.

[@CorpseBride64]

I loved this so much!!!

[@amritpatel3794]

Bonobos are Kamasutra People. Less war , more Love.

[@girlinterrupted2625]

We wouldn't really know if it works for us because we don't have it. If the world wasn't run by men there would be a lot more sharing and love among us.

[@raypratt3611]

Yea well that sounds great,but its BS,cuz who are the highest percentage of women attracted to,men with $$$ and 10 out of every 10 guys that is RICH gets that way by stepping on people and making it their sole purpose and also a whole lotta of them end up being MASONS as well,so they are not nice people!!but women are attracted to material goods,just like the evil occultist madonna once said!!

[@chinutgonzalez565]

Just loved this video very amazing thanks for sharing

[@bestgrandma7442]

They honestly look human.If you look at them good it resembles big foot .They are so peaceful ❤️

[@Greenmanbacchus]

Great video :) Loved the content, hated looking through the logo the whole time

[@HerrStaale]

We MUST save them, give them a island or more

[@desiakritidis51]

Such a beautiful video- thank you

[@utoobjunkie4902]

Heres to you too big guy Jack Caldwell ! This will bring a big, BIG smile to the sweet face of one of my most fav fellas! ;) ♥

[@SIMKINETICS]

A rumor should be spread that bush meat made from the bodies of hunters of endangered species has magical powers.

[@xXFeralArtsXx]

SIMKINETICS Africa already has that. Blacks still believe in shit like, eating someone's heart gives you powers in combat, etc. Cannibalism is rampant in Africa. It also ties in with traditional african religion of Vodoo.

[@colapinklink8120]

And mutilating albino children :/ so incredibly sad they get their genitals cut off or hands for rituals...

[@raypratt3611]

Well I figured that canabalism wasn't a big deal there,cuz eating bonobos or ANY great ape is CANABALISM imo!!

[@matimus100]

Yes sadly the Supernatural nonsense will kill us all if we aren't careful 😢

[@kiki29073]

@@xXFeralArtsXx they also blame kids for being witches when things aren't going right for them. Even their own children. Some take them to a witch doctor to have them exercised others lol their own others put them out the village to survive on their own.

[@stevendunn2501]

Thank you for sharing! 🙏🏾 Ever since reading Frans De Waal’s book “Different”, I’m curious about all things pertaining to bonobos.

[@juliawalkerthompson5763]

Better that bonobos remain unknown and private Interfering humans😢

[@TRRyan]

Many of the comments here merely illustrate that Homo Sapiens is the most treacherous animal in the world. Considering all the advantages nature gave humans, and the way we've massacred ourselves and most mammals while contaminating much of the planet, we are indeed a failed experiment. Final Grade: D--.

[@deedeesavage4293]

Moneyandtime Freedom please don't speak for me‼️also your name on utube pretty much speaks volumes as to what your priorities are‼️🤷🏻‍♀️‼️

[@deedeesavage4293]

Tom O'Rion your being very kind with your grade as far as I can tell we have failed =f, I only hope that this new generation (our children) will pick up the pieces, my 26 year old daughter and her friends are VERY politically and earth aware, I'm so very proud of the determination they show in trying to put the pieces back together.

[@therofthew]

@Moneyandtime Freedom - otro pendejo hablando de su tema favorito “estupideces”...go figure mr right!

[@sonsclan4308]

I agree. I often say we humans are somewhat of a parasite. Controversial? Maybe but humans evolution of greed sometimes blind them from what harm they can cause, and there are no other species that can put us in check but ourselves. Sadly there are those out there with personal agendas that woefully turn a blind eye..thank goodness not every human holds these same beliefs and at least try to do what they can..

[@MyZABOZA]

Thanks a lot for what you doing For them

[@ximenasanchez6212]

beautiful and inspiring. Thanks for share X

[@GonG108]

and what exactly can we do to help ?

[@BettyThompson-qn7cl]

We need to do all we can to save them!!

[@63angel]

This is the first time I heard about Bonobo's. I watch a rescue on KZbin called Monkey World. I don't know if they will ever get any at the rescue since they are breeding other monkeys like Orangutans, Wooley Monkeys and so on. I live in the United States and have watch until season 6 until they share the other 15 seasons. I was on there channel and that's when I was suggested the Lola ye Bonobo's channel and the Bonobo's Conservation. Since you had the Cincinnati zoo in the documentary, I'm going to try to go there. Since documentary is from 14 years ago, I wonder if there are places closer to Utah that's not 2 or 3 days away. Thank you for doing this documentary. I hate that any wild animal needs to have the kind of help from rescue groups, conservationists, zoo's and so on. I can understand why people kills certain animals for food like cows, chickens and animals like that but only in a humane way and not is places that torture animals through genetics and steroids. When it comes to those who live in certain countries and places like the Congo or where food is limited, I don't know if I kind of understand or not. I will never understand why they kill these beautiful Bonobo's. It seems like there are so many villagers and people that understand how wrong it is to kill these nearly extent animals that others that are killing the adults for food and sell the babies are wrong to do that. I don't know very much about the people from there. The only things I know about Africa first hand is because of our church having a missionary family The Fowlers that's with CMFI (Missionary Fellowship International). They serve in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region but I don't think it's near the Congo since it looks more like dry and like a desert. I sent them a private message on Facebook to see how far they are from the Congo and if they have been there before. Alison said they are about 250 miles from the Congo. Anyhow, I will never understand the mind of anyone who thinks OK kill any animals like the apes, monkey's and so many more. I'm curious if the government, rescue groups and other places that are doing anything about teaching the people about the reality, long term consequences of killing the Bonobo's since they are killing them. Eventually there won't beany left which is because of them. I also wonder if these groups have help them with getting food and teaching them ways to garden and find other meat sources without murdering the Bonobo's.

[@juliawalkerthompson5763]

Yes l love & watch Monkey Life. Wonder if they rescue Bonobos. Blesss 🐒 ❤ 🙈

[@StClairAlleyne]

Beautuful. First tine I learn of them.

[@bethbartlett5692]

I have such a strong calling to interact with this species. To be with those whom aren't in their natural habitat and to ensure their Wellbeing, also to protect the wellbeing of those in the Wild. The Bonoboos, the Gorillas, all the Apes and Monkeey's, all Living Life. *I wonder if the Bonoboos use to have tails. Are they the "Bridge Builders" from the Vedic Stories of the Bridge that ran from India - the stones under the water now.* "?"

[@pamelabraden8760]

I love the Bonobos. Make love NOT war.

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

16:32 Bonobo toddler reaction to camera = human toddler reaction to camera.

[@Catweazle2]

Inzwischen haben wir fast 2024. Was hat sich seither getan, bzw. verändert?

[@loriweikel9551]

God Bless All Who Help & Work w/Bonobos 😇🙏🏼💙😇🙏🏼💙😇🙏🏼💙😇🙏🏼💙😇🙏🏼💙😇🙏🏼💙😇🙏🏼💙😇🙏🏼💙

[@matimus100]

But no blessings for the gay or lesbian wildlife community right 😔

[@BettyThompson-qn7cl]

@@matimus100blessed them too! Of course!!!

[@colapinklink8120]

How we are an aggressive species 10:23 and show boys playing -.- wtf

[@zimtak6418]

Yeah, and then at 21:30 they show two girls rough-housing just like the boys, but now it's to show how wonderful it is that they are like the bonobos.🙄

[@edwinramos4910]

Talk about missing the forest for the trees. They obviously had no desire to show serious violence, so they chose one of the most benign examples of agression..two boys rough housing. Would you prefer that they had shown one of the thousands of daily examples of humans murdering each other instead? Regardless of the example they chose, their point still stands.

[@marcobernardi6127]

I want to reborn bonobo :P

[@nathankrush3289]

Yes!!!

[@eyesofpicasso]

awesome doc. thanks

[@chris-Ribble-Roots]

Can’t we release them into another forest? Like deep in the Amazon or something.

[@DZJeus]

supporting this

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

Dude. Completely wrong kind of habitat and climate. Just because there's trees doesn't mean it's the same.

[@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl]

No completely different ecology the reason the world is a mess. Humans settled everywhere even in environments they are not suited. Examples Caucasians in countries like Australia (I live there) prone to skin cancer. Africans living in Europe in which they are prone for Vitamin D deficiency and during Covid-19 end up with 3 times the death rate. Don't point this out then you hear the cry racist.

[@mishacol]

They won't last even 2 generations. Different ecosystem. All those spiders, snakes, jaguars, monkey competitors, rains, poisoned plants.

[@raypratt3611]

@@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl well heres the thing we really are not suited for weather ANYWHERE on earth,either we freeze or we burn!?there are chimps that live in different areas as well as gorillas and I think u are underestimating their intelligence to adapt,I mean they cant live just anywhere,as thats already been proven when we dropped a bunch of Lab Chimps off on a few different islands and they ALL died,but I think they could adapt to a few different places!!

[@Patrick77487]

Unfortunately for human species we are doomed to chimpanzee behavior more than bonobo.

[@richarddurham5978]

I think they have some people that just want to prove someone wrong and they don’t pay attention to what is being said.

[@anteliomonteiroabellan1214]

I get very sad about what they did to the Bonobos and a lot of hate for those people when I see all those pieces of meat that were once the most intelligent creatures among primates. Nor can I fail to reproach the human attitude of having imprisoned the poor in zoos and glass cages.

[@MarkMiller-zm2th]

Great video

[@lovelyindid8460]

Thank you

[@kevinaronyk6081]

Maybe we can look at them as the time, when we lived in Eden ,when we were innocent. And then we have become hybridized, as has been related to us in the Summerian stories that tell us when the Annunaki hybridized an indigenous species that made it more like unto them.

[@gatovolador7618]

Thats how i interpreted the bibles need to chonologise the bloodline from adam to david to jesus. The whole immaculate conception story has always read like an alien abduction innoculation to me.

[@wildandbarefoot]

The thing that impresses man is the thought of apes talking. It should be the thought of chimps Reading. Wisdom spread beyond ages that kind of communication is what enables.

[@dabooser1048]

I love the great apes, especially bonobos and orangutans. However I do not believe that because bonobos do something its should be considered "normal". If we are going to use that logic then we have to accept the things other great apes do such as rape, kidnapping, murder, and cannibalism.

[@ryanspangler4569]

Do you consider those actions “normal”? I’d say most humans don’t

[@Татьяна-ф2ф2о]

Фильм хороший👋!!!

[@babygirl59ish]

If Bonobos are so passive and don't like violence then why did Anderson Cooper have to stay outside of the glass for his safety? I'm not doubting what you are saying, I just don't understand

[@couchgrouches7667]

mhotl Plus there's always the risk of disease...

[@kaarukun1651]

haven't you know about their strength? even if they are not violent they can still hurt people with their normal movements or while playing

[@sjobang]

Anderson Cooper such a handsome guy (!) and with the bonobos attitude towards sex, it was probably not adviceable.

[@Ebd1990]

@@sjobang lol

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

23:55 OMG LMAO Welp, can't say she didn't have that coming...

[@therabidscorpion]

LOL I saw something similar at the Houston Zoo one time, where a group of guys were beating on the glass to antagonize one of the tigers there. Tiger took a run at the glass and hit it HARD with his paw. Dudes all scattered and started yelling when he did. It was beautiful.

[@matimus100]

Zeus your God?

[@Kongo-Slade007]

legend “bonobos and humans were brothers “ yep and one chose the old ways and stayed in the jungle and the other chose the modern way and the pursuit of knowledge about the world around them !!!

[@xXFeralArtsXx]

Bonobos eat meat. Meat doesn't grow in trees btw. well.. it does in a way :>

[@danielantony1882]

They don't -_-

[@Andre-hm5vo]

What absolute S are you talking.

[@AudreyCeropin]

Just about 9:00 it got a little uncomfortable....lolol.i see the science in it tho...

[@oldfogey4679]

Thought bonobos were well known?

[@abrahamharmon5772]

Me too

[@abrahamharmon5772]

Love the lady keeping to bonobos

[@marthatownsend7702]

[@richardc9634]

Actually orangutans are know as people of the forest

[@wmd40]

Great documentary, horrible comment section. This is supposed to be inspiring and uplifting. They aren't saying nobody should work and we should all be having sex all day long. Grow up.

[@Mimaloodak]

shut up meg!

[@wesleyp3024]

while i dont mind killing and eating most animals, chimps and banobos should be illegal to kill or eat. they are literally our cousins. as the smarter animal we have a responsibility to protect them. guinea pigs are a perfect replacement meat that is easy to raise.

[@loriweikel9551]

Please stop eating these beautiful creatures & taking their land 😇🙏🏼💙😇🙏🏼💙😇🙏🏼💙😇🙏🏼💙😇🙏🏼💙😇🙏🏼💙

[@matimus100]

They are primates not creatures 🦉🦏🐘🦁🌏

[@MariaBarnette]

Why can't humans get along like they do humans are to selfh

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

Just like Malay group, Minangkabau are maternal(Perpatih) and Melayu are parternal(Temenggung), Minangkabau roof are curve and Melayu are not. the "balai adat melayu" and "balai adat minangkabau" are 2 malay group same but different.

[@freeman2136]

We are not unique creatures

[@bellestar5960]

It’s very horrible and disgusting that they’re killed and eaten. America has been helping Africa for so long and what needs to be done if they still continue to act like this we shouldn’t help them at all. With all the money sent to them they should have crops, chickens, fish, grains I mean at what point do they become self sustainable. It’s out of control all these years and I’m sure they still act the same. Fundraiser for them need to stop, they clearly want to live like animals let them. It’s disgusting

[@cdnerin]

I loved this mini documentary! Until Jack Hanna came on... he lost all right to speak for humans OR apes when he went on TV and blamed* Dawn Brancheau for her own death at SeaWorld. (Between saying she "drowned" and saying that it was her own fault because she had her hair in a ponytail & it was a "novelty" for Tillikum, despite all female trainers wearing their hair in ponytails pretty much forever, and saying he was just playing with her...hint: she didn't drown, and he wasn't playing; she died of severe crush injuries, she had a limb torn right off and she was scalped. I lost any respect I ever might have had for that sorry excuse for a man.)

[@jkoysza1]

Ah yes my Canadian lassie. You would know! I’m sure you have worked a lifetime with animals as Jack Hanna did. Keep raising that feminist fist high and spout off their garbage “knowledge”.

[@kiki29073]

@@jkoysza1 he didn't to try to protect Sea World.

[@HappiShelly]

I blame SeaWorld for taking orcas away from their homes. Screw that whole establishment. I hope the orcas destroy it and get revenge.

[@Baxion5]

Bonobos can be aggressive at times. I've watched programs on NatGeo showing this. Still, these incidents are few & far between.

[@dnmurphy48]

I think the key thing is yes they can be aggressive, but within their societies they tend to resolve conflict quickly with little damage,

[@deedeesavage4293]

rj doggman ahhh so if I watch a program on National Geographic I too can become a specialist on bonobos just like YOU🤗🤷🏻‍♀️‼️AMAZING ♥️

[@Andre-hm5vo]

What a absolutely foolish name you have. Your rhetoric in correlation too.

[@frankseville2136]

Hmm well I don’t believe in the Big Bang theory lol, so relatives hmm you mean mammals? Yes;related to us not!

[@wmd40]

So if they are mammals and we are also mammals that means they are related to us. Have you ever taken a DNA test? These animals have over 95% of the same DNA as us. Like holy shit just look at the way they look. They look just like us but with more fur lol. Your don't have to believe in the big bang to accept they are related to us

[@loricrawford1952]

What does the big bang theory have to do with the scientific and genetic evidence that humans evolved from "lower forms" (at this point in time i think humans have devolved to the lower form) of primates? We share 98% of their DNA, we're primates too! So you believe you're a desdendant of Adam & Eve? Hmm well I don't believe in the Creation theory.

[@ljmcdonald2703]

🇨🇩

[@lilirishgrl]

I wish the watermark would disappear

[@erichvonmolder9310]

Peace through sex?

[@serrot2130]

We might look at these animals precious and we should protect them but people in Africa are starving and they have no choice but to eat them. This country is rich in precious metals and should have good resources for its people but there government its so corrupt and greedy they don't care about there own there selfish and killers.

[@search895]

Bonobos have lost the status of most endangered big ape in favour of Tapanuli orangutan, the third orangutan species to be identified.

[@ROC14088]

I have to question what we know or what we are being told by these "experts", as commented below new evidence has come out about Bonobos. You can find a video here of a female eating her young. Who is doing the research? How much and how often are they actually studying them in the wild?

[@megaroo6110]

Did you even listen to what they said in that BBC video. It was the only time that had ever been seen in this closely studied species. The animal was probably starving because its habitat and food sources are being destroyed by the human garbage that inhabits the DRC. This was a one off observation and not normal behavior. One animal doing something does not represent the normal behavior of the entire species. There are human canibals, does that mean that canibalism is a normal human behavior, no.

[@loricrawford1952]

Bonobos do not eat their young. They are not the least bit violent, ever. Bonobo moms, unlike orangs, gorillas and chimps do not abandon their young either. A lot of alpha males of across many animal species will eat the young of other males because it's instinctual to their survival, and it's territorial. In many ways all of this is "normal" for a wild animal. In chimp society, alpha males rule and are aggressive with females but I don't know of any instance of what we could logically consider "rape" in chimp culture. Rape is an act of violence and control , not sex. It is a distinctly human act of intentional violence and rage

[@TheMroldtimer]

RIP amazon rainforest, them animals is fucked

[@Sk8rGamer]

orongoton

[@barbaradavis8372]

Interesting to learn about Bonobos but are these "experts" saying that if humans were all bi-sexual or homosexual then peace would reign in the world? If so, then I give this video a D-. I appreciate these animals and wish them well but leave the societal commentary out of it. Additionally, these animals are obviously intelligent and there are similarities but they don't have to go to school to get educated so that they can go out and earn a living and work for bosses and face many of the pressures that humans face. Humans excel and from the beginning they have invented everything we live with and have evolved with.

[@wmd40]

That's not what they are saying. And obviously we put these stupid rules on ourselves. The rules of having to work the way we do. We literally do all this to ourselves. We live in a hell world that we created. And they're saying there is something to learn from them. Obviously there's big differences but Jesus Christ. They're saying this is a very beautiful and facinating society that we should try to learn from. Stop being so literal. They're not saying we should all just not work and have gay sex all day long 🙄. There is something to be said about matriarchal society. Research how the Iroquois Confederacy worked. It was one of the most complex yet peaceful societies and it was matriarchal. We're exploring ideas of how we could be better by looking to others that do it better. Not saying we should literally be exactly like them. But humans are obviously failing miserably right now and exploring what we can do to be better is important

[@Unkn0wn1133]

No Barbara thats not what theyre saying

[@elizabethstops2362]

I wish they would stop with the woke correlation between bonobos and humans. Matriiarchal society bisexuality ? Come on.....

[@lillanlofgren7424]

TAKE THEM AWAY TO ANOTHER PLACE 😭

[@5cats2kids8]

I find this research very believable and has merit in our consideration in human society and government. However, some human females have become too egocentric, lying and backstabbing, instead of loving, peaceful, truthful, and accepting, that I feel at this time in human history, female human leadership would not benefit our society any more than male. After reading some comments, I don’t like being manipulated by falsehoods. But, in the end, to me the most important thing is to save our wildlife and nature, our forests, and natural resources.

[@robertrea3328]

KittyMom 419 well that's y we would have to be very discerning in the women that we were to allow to lead. Not all women are manipulating like that tho many are.

[@HappiShelly]

Both men and women typically make horrible leaders. I agree.

[@Dang3rMouSe]

😵 *barf* Comparing Bonobo's basic primal society to the massive complexity of human society is like comparing a paper airplane to the space shuttle.

[@egprbell]

DangerMouSe your not getting the poi- nvm

[@alexhirka]

Let's go back to paper airplanes, fast, cuz the shuttle will be worthless when we kill each other. We need more bonobos and fewer Elon Musks and Bezos at al.

[@deronbennett6431]

Release these bonobos woman, kanzi doesn't give a shit about communication and Panbanisha doesn't give a rats ass about learning it

[@anutaNYC]

So it’s a political documentary!!?

[@pwilki8631]

Stupid logo

[@sissyblackwidowspider7529]

The sad thing is if Humans knew about bonobos early on they would be no more they would be extinct they should be left in peace and safely left alone far from people

[@search895]

Humans know bonobos from a long time ago. There is people living in their region. They consider them similar to humans. One of the cultures has some legend about humans and bonobos living together a long time ago.

[@valnx]

Ever heard of punctuation?

[@alexhirka]

That Eye2Eye logoi constantly in the background jas got to go! The rest - wonderful!

[@alisondonly8074]

Thank you