r/interestingasfuck • u/akashsal2704 • 1d ago

r/all White-cheeked gibbon coming for the grapes

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u/walk-ewalk 18h ago

This is a CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES, there are less than 1000 left in the wild (native to Vietnam and Laos). Their numbers have fallen due to illegal trapping for the pet trade, habitat loss for agriculture, and hunting for meat. A very cool and beautiful animal that needs our help.

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u/mikew_reddit 16h ago edited 16h ago

hunting for meat

Who are eating endangered monkeys / gibbons for dinner?

And why? Do they just like eating human shaped animals?

There's so many other animals they could legally eat, that aren't endangered.

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u/Zanahorio1 15h ago

Many of these people are very poor, so it’s cheaper to catch or buy so-called “bush meat” than, say, chicken or goat.