Guardians of the Gibbons: can India save its only ape species from extinction?

For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the country’s only ape species, the hoolock gibbon.
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But this harmony stands in fragile ecological balance. Mohit Chutia, a 55-year-old farmer and father, has been taking care of one gibbon family while raising his own. When researcher Ishika Ramakrishna arrives to study human-gibbon interactions, she joins forces with Mohit and the villagers to tackle the gibbons’ urgent population decline, endangered by habitat loss, deforestation and industrial catastrophe.

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22 COMMENTS

  1. Don't know why but I like their howling sounds 🐒 Baghjaan is not far from my resident. Definitely going to visit The man's house one day to see little twik. 🐒
    হলৌ উঠিল টকৌ গছত লগাই খদৌ মদৌ
    জে জৌ কৈ সৰিল নিয়ৰ হ'ল জলৌ জপৌ ।
    Reminds back of my childhood days💚 It was told to us to receit to improve our pronounciation.

  2. I wish people all around were as understanding as Mohit. These animals need our help, we have destroyed their homes. The government should intervene and work to protect all endangered species at all costs. We don't own this planet, it's not just ours.

  3. How terrible at 09:30 is that gibbon dead from smoke inhalation? Or just in shock from the fire? Oil is such big business everywhere but it’s such a fine line between safety and disaster… so many countless times we’ve seen oil spills and blowouts. Yet nobody learns.

  4. The amount of depth and rawness this documentary has is incredible. It's because of people like Mohit, local biodiversity thrives. Hat's off to the team of guardian for this documentary and shoutout to the wildlife biologists and conservationalists working day and night to protect the species. We want more of India's biodiversity showcased on this channel.

  5. ইমান সুন্দৰকৈ বনাইছে ডকুমেন্তৰিখন । সংৰক্ষণত অৰিহনা যোগোৱা সকলোলৈপ্ৰণামহে জনাইছো

  6. What a beautiful documentary hats off to the team and the conservationist. Hope this film helps in sensitising the government and forrest department officials to safe guard gibbons ❤

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