Bridge of hope for world's rarest primate

[Still Waters]

Swinging through the treetops comes naturally for gibbons.

But that's tricky if a landslide has torn a huge gap in the forest, making it difficult to roam far and wide, to find food or meet a date.

For the rarest primate in the world, there's now a temporary solution: a rope bridge reconnecting the trees.

And scientists have filmed the ape, a type of gibbon, climbing or swinging across in seconds.

Some used the ropes as a handrail, others swung by their arms and the most daring walked the tightrope.

The primate lives only in the forests of China's Hainan island.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54557877

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/10/worlds-rarest-primate-helped-by-simple-rope-bridge/