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Saving The Cao Vit Gibbon, The Second Rarest Ape In The World Saving The Cao Vit Gibbon, The Second Rarest Ape In The World
  • April 29th, 2013

  • In the 1960s, the cao vit gibbon was declared extinct. But in 2002, the animals turned up along Vietnam’s remote northern border.

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Saving The Cao Vit Gibbon, The Second Rarest Ape In The World

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In the 1960s, the cao vit gibbon was declared extinct. But in 2002, the animals turned up along Vietnam’s remote northern border.

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