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Geladas and verbs

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I had walkedwalkedwas walking in the zoo when an animal drew my attention. The staff who took care of these Geladas asked me : 'Have you ever seenhave you never seendid you ever see such an animal?' He added : 'do you want me to give youdo you want that I give you any information?' It is amazing isn'tisn't itis it ? It is called Gelada, closer to a chimpanzee than a baboon. Before living essentially in a zoo, this robust gelada used to liveused livingused to living on the highlands of Ethiopia. The male is said weighingis said to weighweighs up to 20 kilos. It ishashad a dark lengthened face with a short muzzle. It is also astonishingalso is astonishingis also astonished from its pale eyelids, and its short tail which ends in a surprising tuft of white hair. Look at its fangs. Despite its two terrifying fangs, it is a rather peaceful monkey that is used feedingis used to feedis used to feeding essentially on grass, flowers, roots and fruit. However if by any chance it should fightmay fightmust fight for dear life, it could fightmay fightwill be able to fight even against a jaguar. If you watch carefully the Gelada’s picture it will come as a surpriseit would come as a surprisecame as a surprise to see on its back an impressive heavy cape of hair and a pink patch which embellishes its chest. In past centuries, Geladas males have been killedhad been killedwere killed by indigenous
who covetedcovetecovetes their manes for their ceremonial dresses. Now it is time you will knowknewknow information of utmost importance. A study published by Thore Bergman (researcher at Michigan University) revealeshas revealedrevealed this prodigious information. He said to his readers: Most of primates lackhave lackedlacked the vocal anatomy to produce sophisticated sounds. He added. It is not the case of the Gélada. It will able to emitemitis able to emit a wide range of singing sounds more complex than those emitted by the other primates. And the scientist affirmed: these singing noises could have beenmay have beenmight have been the primitive sounds that ancestors made.