Among the Apes

★ 7.0IMDb Score
Released:2009-06-21
Duration:45 min
Director:
Actors:Charlotte Uhlenbroek
Production:Dragonfly Film Productions

Overview:

Among The Apes gets up close and personal to four of the best known primate species. It features three apes -mountain gorillas, orang-utans and chimpanzees - and baboons, a monkey species living in the woody and grassy African habitats similar to the home of early man.

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