dinsdag 24 februari 2009

Gelada - "Bleeding heart baboon"


Gelada (Theropithecus gelada) sometimes called Gelada baboon, is a species of old world monkey is found only in Ethiopian high lands, Semien Mountains, with large populations. The males being about 30inches tall without tail and twice the size of the females. They do have bare red skin areas on the chest, which are actually two triangles, and another crescent-shaped on the throat, unlike the females the patches in males are always red and do not change color. Their handsome appearance and the beauty of their habitat is one thing, but perhaps the most fascinating aspect of these creatures is their social structure which is the most complex in the animal kingdom after that of man. You can see them grouped into herds of up to 400 or so individuals, each of which is made up in turn of “harems”, which are groups of from two to eight females and young ones with one dominant male and often one hanger-on called a “follower”, who ingratiates himself with the juvenile females with a view to enticing them away in due course and forming his own harem. Harem owning males do not attempt to steal each others’ wives.

Eba Alemayehu Simma

2 opmerkingen:

  1. I think it's a very nice blog, because some new things attracted my attention. It's always nice if you discover new items. Your text is fluently written and people shoudn't have problems reading it.
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    stijn steuperaert

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  2. Gelada (Theropithecus gelada) sometimes called Gelada baboon, is a species of old world monkey is [which is] found only in [the] Ethiopian high lands, Semien Mountains, [in]with large populations [put this information earlier in the sentence]. The males being about 30inches tall without tail and twice the size of the females [main clause of the sentence missing]. They do have bare red skin areas on the chest, which are actually two triangles, and another crescent-shaped [one]on the throat, unlike the females the patches in males are always red and do not change color. Their handsome appearance and the beauty of their habitat is one thing, but perhaps the most fascinating aspect of these creatures is their social structure which is the most complex in the animal kingdom after that of man. You can see them grouped into herds of up to 400 or so individuals, each of which is made up in turn of “harems”, which are groups of from two to eight females and young ones with one dominant male and often one hanger-on called a “follower”, who [which]ingratiates himself with the juvenile females with a view to enticing them away in due course and forming his [its]own harem. Harem owning males do not attempt to steal each others’ wives.

    Interesting topic, but the text has a strong cut & paste feel, which hampers flow and creates grammar problems.

    olaf

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