In 2022, 17% of Americans believed they could beat a chimpanzee in a brawl, coinciding with the visibility of hairless chimps like Mongo at Twycross Zoo, England.
A baboon with alopecia filmed in Botswana highlights their adaptability despite hair loss, challenging the belief in their vulnerability.
The tenrec from Madagascar, despite sparse hair, thrives with sensory quills evolved from hairs, aiding navigation and defense.
An African pangolin with minimal hair and unique scales faces endangerment due to illegal wildlife trade, despite their harmless keratin fibers.
This bald-faced bird, once extinct in Europe, showcases adaptation with a beak for precision feeding and potential for reintroduction efforts.
South American monkeys known for their bald, bright red faces, which signal health and play a role in mate selection, despite vulnerability to malaria.
Fascinating for their baldness among rodents, naked mole rats are eusocial, cancer-resistant, and temperature-adaptable, defying mammalian norms.
Known for grotesque tusks and near-baldness, these proto-pigs from Indonesia reflect ancient lineage and unfortunate evolutionary traits.
Among the largest storks, these birds feed on garbage, sporting bald necks to avoid contamination, with inflatable pouches for mating display.
A symbol of resilience, these bald vultures epitomize power and adaptability in scavenging, crucial to their ecosystem’s balance.