Male Bonobo

Description

After tracking the Bonobos for many weeks they became accustomed to the photographer and sometimes the group would just hang out together - relaxing, stretching and grooming. This bonobo was lying on its back stretching out its arms. Bonobos, an endangered great ape, are found only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Salonga National Park, Africa's largest protected forest park and about the size of Switzerland, holds their largest population; a twenty-year study estimated 8,000 to 18,000 adults there.