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Laelaps is the blog of freelance science writer Brian Switek. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking, and he is a research associate at the New Jersey State Museum.
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Category: Mammals • Photography • Primates
Posted on: November 22, 2009 8:32 AM, by Brian Switek
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What I find fascinating about the gelada is how, as the only true grass-grazing primate, it has filled the niche in the Ethiopian Highlands that would usually be filled by other herbivorous ungulates such as antelope or deer elsewhere in the world- a good example of optimal foraging theory.
Posted by: David | November 22, 2009 11:15 AM
The Bronx Zoo has a very exciting array of animals. When were the geladas added?
Posted by: JefFlyingV | November 23, 2009 11:30 AM