By Tomek Bogacki
Neighbors exit to play within the eco-friendly meadow. ''Let's do whatever exciting!'' they are saying. but if it starts off to rain, it sort of feels as though their day is over sooner than it really is even began. All they could do is huddle below a leaf umbrella and bitch. yet then alongside comes a brand new type of friend--Frog--who indicates them that rainy will be enjoyable! complete colour.
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Similarly, although some individual primates are kept as pets and incorporated into fictive kinship systems by the Guaja Indians of Brazil, other individuals of the same species are hunted for food (Cormier 2002; Hill 2002). Also, like other elements of culture, peoples’ beliefs and attitudes about primates are not fixed. Species that were once considered sacred may come to be viewed as less so in the face of basic economic needs (Hill 2002; Leach 1994 in Hill 2002; Humle and Hill, Chapter 14, this volume).
2011). 2008). Nevertheless, truly sustainable management of primate populations for food would, by definition, ensure their long-term persistence and therefore could conceivably be used as a justification for primate conservation under certain, special circumstances (Cowlishaw and Dunbar 2000; Crockett et al. 1996; de Thoisy et al. 2009; Ramirez W h y c o n s e rv e primat e s ? 15 1984). g. 9), highlighting the complexities inherent to most conservation and reminding us that groups that share a common goal may do so for very different reasons.
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