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The Loneliest Animals
Web-Exclusive Video: Gibbon Matchmaking

In western Indonesia, the Javan gibbons once had a much larger range. Now, they are confined to isolated fragments of forest. A group of scientists run a captive breeding program in the jungle there, but because the Javan gibbons mate for life, matching breeding pairs is a difficult process.

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jonisha -- April 15th, 2009 at 3:04 pm

Ilove it

MEG -- May 1st, 2009 at 2:30 pm

sooo cute i hope they work out!

Don -- July 21st, 2009 at 6:25 pm

Actually you are weakening the species and interrupting natural selection. Nothing cute about that.

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