Still Waters Posted April 2, 2012 #1 Share Posted April 2, 2012 The patient, a 25-year-old male named Dylan, is lying on a makeshift straw-bale bed.He has pads on his chest picking up his heart's electrical activity. A tube down his throat is supplying him with anaesthetic gas and oxygen. The room is basic; bare brick walls and a tiled floor. But the most modern of medical equipment is capturing the image and sound of his beating heart. But this is not a hospital, it is a zoo; Dylan is a chimpanzee. Vets and scientists at Chester Zoo are scanning Dylan's heart as part of a global project to find out how a zoo life affects great apes. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted April 2, 2012 #2 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I agree with the two hypotheses being put forth. Either the apes don't live long enough in the wild to present with heart disease, or the more sedentary zoo life style fosters the problem. It might very well be a combination of both factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted April 3, 2012 #3 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I think its the zoo. I believe apes that lived with Dian Fosse ,lived to be quite old,and were observed by people that went long after she had been murdered,to see how the apes were doing . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted April 3, 2012 #4 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Same thing happens to many long-term prisoners. Sedentary lifestyle, eating crap and the stress of being locked-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted April 3, 2012 #5 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Same thing happens to many long-term prisoners. Sedentary lifestyle, eating crap and the stress of being locked-up. Really ? I never knew that. I thought their diets were done by nutritionists and all of that. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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