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Geladas and verbs

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I walkedwas walkinghad walked in the zoo when an animal drew my attention. The staff who took care of these Geladas asked me : 'did you ever seeHave you ever seenhave you never seen such an animal?' He added : 'do you want me to give youdo you want that I give you any information?' It is amazing is itisn't itisn't ? It is called Gelada, closer to a chimpanzee than a baboon. Before living essentially in a zoo, this robust gelada used to liveused to livingused living on the highlands of Ethiopia. The male weighsis said to weighis said weighing up to 20 kilos. It ishadhas 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 to feedingis used feedingis used to feed essentially on grass, flowers, roots and fruit. However if by any chance it should fightmay fightmust fight for dear life, it could fightwill be able to fightmay fight even against a jaguar. If you watch carefully the Gelada’s picture it came as a surprisewill come as a surpriseit would come 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 were killedhad been killedhave been killed by indigenous
who covetescovetecoveted 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) has revealedrevealedreveales this prodigious information. He said to his readers: Most of primates lacklackedhave lacked the vocal anatomy to produce sophisticated sounds. He added. It is not the case of the Gélada. It emitis able to emitwill 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 might have beencould have beenmay have been the primitive sounds that ancestors made.