Didn't Get A Valentine's Love Song? These Skywalker Gibbons Sing Love Duets

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English - February 23, 2024 08:00 - 9 minutes - 8.31 MB - ★★★★★ - 5.7K ratings
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In the green tree canopies of forested areas in Myanmar, you might wake up to the sounds of gibbons singing love songs. Gibbons start their day with passionate duets and, though these love songs may sound a little different than the ones in your playlists, they just helped researchers figure out that Myanmar has the largest population of an endangered gibbon species on Earth. They're called skywalker gibbons, and until recently, scientists thought there were fewer than 200 of them – all living in southwestern China.

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