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I was walkinghad walkedwalkedI don't know in the zoo when an animal drew my attention. The staff who took care of these Geladas asked me : 'Have you ever seenDid you ever seeHave you never seenI don't know such an animal?' He added : 'do you want that I give youwant me to give youI don't know any information?' It is amazing is itisn't itisn'tI don't know ? 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 livingI don't know on the highlands of Ethiopia. The male is said weighingweighsis said to weighI don't know up to 20 kilos. It hadishasI don't know a dark lengthened face with a short muzzle. It is also astonishingalso is astonishingis also astonishedI don't know 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 feedingI don't know essentially on grass, flowers, roots and fruit. However if by any chance it may fightmust fightshould fightI don't know for dear life, it could fightmay fightwill be able to fightI don't know 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 surpriseI don't know to see on its back an impressive heavy cape of hair and a pink patch which embellishes its chest. In past centuries, Geladas males had been killedhave been killedwere killedI don't know by indigenous
who covetescovetecovetedI don't know their manes for their ceremonial dresses. Now it is time you will knowknowknewI don't know information of utmost importance. A study published by Thore Bergman (researcher at Michigan University) revealesrevealedhas revealedI don't know this prodigious information. He said to his readers: Most of primates lackedlackhave lackedI don't know the vocal anatomy to produce sophisticated sounds. He added. It is not the case of the Gélada. It is able to emitemitwill able to emitI don't know 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 beenI don't know the primitive sounds that ancestors made.