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2.Mountains
Humanbeingsventure
into
the
highest
parts
of
ourplanet
at
their
peril.
Somemightthinkthatbyclimbingagreatmountaintheyhavesomehow
conqueredit,butwecanonlybevisitorshere.Thisisafrozenalien
world.Thisistheotherextreme-oneofthelowesthottestplaceson
Earth.Itsoverahundredmetresbelowthelevelofthesea.Buthere
amountainisin
gestation.
Pools
of
sulphuric
acid
areindications
that
deep
undergroundthere
are
titanic
stirrings.
This
is
the
Danakil
DepressioninEthiopia,lyingwithinacolossalrentoftheearths
surfacewheregiantlandmassesarepullingawayfromoneanother.Lava
risestothesurfacethroughthiscrackinthecrustcreatingachainof
youngvolcanoes.Thisone,ErtaAle,istodaythelongestcontinually
eruptingvolcanoontheplanet,alakeoflavathathasbeenmoltenfor
overahundredyears.
Thesesamevolcanic
forces
also
createdEthiopias
highlands.70millionyearsagothislandwasjustasflatandasdeep
astheDanakilDepression.
Moltenlava
rising
fromthe
earths
coreforced
upahugedomeof
rock
500miles
wide,
the
roofof
Africa.
Overmillennia,
rainandicecarvedthe
rockinto
alandscapeof
spires
andcanyons.These
summits,
nearly
3miles
up,
arehometo
somevery
remarkable
mountaineers
Geladababoons.
Theyare
unique
to
the
highlands
of
Ethiopia.
Thecliffs
wheretheysleep
arefor
expert
climbers
only,
andGeladocertainlyhave
theright
equipment.the
strongest
fingers
ofanyprimate
andanutterly
fearless
disposition.
Butyouneedmorethanaheadfor
heights
to
survive
uphere.
Adayin
aGelados
life
reveals
howtheyve
risen
tothe
challenge.
Forall
monkeysmorningis
groomingtime,
achanceto
catch
upwith
friends.
But,unlikeothermonkeys,Geladoschatterconstantlywhiletheydoit.
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Itsagreatwaytonetworkwhileyourhandsarebusy.Butthesesocials
cantgoonfortoolong.Geladoshaveabusydailyscheduleandtheres
worktobedone.Mostmonkeyscouldntliveuphere.Theresnofoodand
fewinsectstofeedon.ButGeladosareuniquetheyretheonlymonkeys
inthe
world
thatlive
almost
entirely
ongrass.
Theylive
inthe
largest
assembliesformedbyanymonkeys.Somegroupsare800strong
andthe
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