CHIMPANZEES
Mammal      -    Vertebrate      -    Omnivore

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Chimpanzees ...

Apes and Monkeys

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• 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 i 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 

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Male  .......................................................  Blackback
Female   ..................................................  Empress
Young  .....................................................  Infant

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

1. A harem of chimpanzees
   
2. A group of chimpanzees
   
3. A troop of chimpanzees
   

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HAIRLESS CHIMPANZEE NAMED ASHES

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