Sedeer el-Showk is an eclectic talking ape who has always been fascinated by the world around us and deeply enamoured with language in every form. He is a freelance science writer with a background in plant genetics and evolutionary biology. Sedeer has written for Nature Middle East, Nature Asia Pacific, Science, Nautilus, BBC Focus, and others; he used to blog regularly and hopes to start doing so again. He lives in Morocco and Finland with a congeries of creatures.