I 💚 Bonobos

The gentler, love-over-war cousins of chimpanzees!

Male bonobos, unlike chimps, do not form coalitions with individuals of the same sex to acquire power. From childhood to maturity, a male bonobo's best friend is his mother.

The bonobo, in case the reader doesn't know, is known as the "hippie" member of the great ape family, much more inclined to make love, not war, compared its close cousin, the chimpanzee.
Modern studies on captive populations carried out by researchers have documented the predominant role of their sexuality and their propensity for friendly bonds (especially between females), in contrast to fights for dominance (especially between males) and intergroup wars of chimpanzees. Two things have allowed the bonobos to enjoy relatively calm and stable social groups: the abundance of herbaceous vegetation on the edge of the Congo River and the absence of gorillas that compete with them for food.
Despite the protection granted by Congolese laws, the bonobo is an endangered species due to a series of problems that we are all too aware of – in particular the loss of habitat and hunting for the sale and consumption of its meat.
If the bonobo does not make it in its natural habitat in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there will be no free, wild bonobos on the planet. Learn more on NatGeo (article in Spanish)