CHIMPANZEES
Mammal      -    Vertebrate      -    Omnivore
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HAIRLESS CHIMPANZEE NAMED ASHES
Male:  Blackback
Female:  Empress
Young:  Infant
Singular:  Chimpanzee
Plural:  Chimpanzees
Collectively:  Chimpanzees
​CHIMPANZEES
  • Share 98% of their genes with humans.
  • They live in social groups and communicate with eachother through a variety of sounds, gestures and facial expressions.
  • Can catch infections from humans.
  • Name in Bantu means 'creature that looks something like a human'.
  • Makes a nest in the treetops in which to sleep.
  • Live about 50-60 years.
  • Live in groups of about 40-60 members in the rain forests.
  • Eat fruits, nuts, seeds, blossoms, leaves, insects and small mammals.
  • Laugh when they play.
  • Groom each other - helps with relationships and to calm the nervous.
  • They kiss, embrace, pat backs, touch hands and tickle, just as humans do.
  • Have longer arms than legs.
  • Walk on all fours.
  • At Mysore Zoo in India, there is a hairless Chimpanzee called Ashes.  He was born with hair, but lost it after one year.
  • Can identify each other by looking at photographs of their bottoms.
  • Bonobos (pygmy chimpanzees) live in large groups, known as communities, of 80 or more.
  • 9 out of 10 chimpanzees look both ways when crossing the road .