Tropical Feast/Khao Yai's gibbons are committing adultery,NATION

From: The Nation (Thailand) | Date: February 26, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

KAMOL SUKIN
The Nation (Thailand)
02-26-1998
THE gibbon is a monogamous beast, we're told, a monkey that doesn't
mess around. Even the male remains faithful to his spouse for life --
a rarity in any species, including the human race. Gibbons give us
the perfect example of the ''happy family''.

Or at least, that is what naturalists have long believed. Now it seems
that the gibbons are up to their, er, necks in monkey business -- and
the word monogamy doesn't enter into the equation.

A team of researchers from Nakhon Nayok's Khao Yai National Park has
been studying gibbon lifestyles and ...

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