Bulindi Chimpanzees
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The Bulindi chimpanzees are one of many imperilled chimpanzee communities clinging to survival in disappearing habitat surrounding the Budongo Forest Reserve in Western Uganda. Dr Matt McLennan began studying the chimpanzees at Bulindi in 2006. Since then almost all their forest home has been converted to farmland, particularly for to***co and rice cash crops, forcing the chimpanzees into competit
25/12/2025
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24/08/2025
NEW BULINDI BABIES! Part 1 - A baby girl for Lucia.
It's been a season of new arrivals for the Bulindi chimpanzees, with 3 of the community's 6 females giving birth in the last few months. A fourth female looks set to deliver in the next few weeks.
First was Lucia, who gave birth to a healthy female infant in April - the same month that she turned 9 years old. 9 years is exceptionally young for a female chimpanzee to give birth in the wild! Females in the wild usually deliver for the first time when they're about 13 to 15 years old.
Lucia is a natal Bulindi female, who never migrated to another community. It seems she became pregnant before she had a chance to leave Bulindi to look for other chimps!
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