Chimpanzees

CHIMPANZEES
Mammal - Vertebrate - Omnivore

HAIRLESS CHIMPANZEE NAMED ASHES

Male: Blackback

Female: Empress

Young: Infant

Singular: Chimpanzee

Plural: Chimpanzees

Collectively: Chimpanzees

CHIMPANZEES

Share 98% of their genes with humans.
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 .