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		</div><p>The Goodies&#8217; classic ode to the ape The Funky Gibbon is to be relaunched to raise cash to help protect the primate.</p>
<p>Comedians Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden originally scored a top 10 hit with the novelty song in 1975.</p>
<p>Now 25 years on, the track has been given a revamp and will by re-released to boost the coffers of the International Primate Protection League&#8217;s (IPPL) Save the Gibbon campaign.</p>
<p>Gibbons rank among the most endangered primates in the world. Since the 1950s, numbers of the Hainan gibbon have plummeted from more than 2,000 to fewer than 25.</p>
<p>All 16 species of gibbon are threatened with extinction.</p>
<p>But the IPPL hope that with the help of The Goodies, the profile of the forgotten ape will receive a boost.</p>
<p>The Funky Gibbon will be available for download from tomorrow at www.savethegibbon.org.</p>
<p>Helen Thirlway, director of IPPL, said: &#8220;Gibbons are often overlooked because, due to their small size, they are classified as lesser rather than great apes.</p>
<p>&#8220;This means they don&#8217;t receive the same funding and protection and yet they are equally at risk from poaching, illegal trafficking and habitat destruction.&#8221;</p>
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