One well-known chimpanzee vocalisation is called the ‘pant-hoot’. They have a range of vocalisations including barks, hoots and grunts. CommunicationĪ chimpanzee will sometimes hug, pat or brush the face of another chimpanzee to try to reassure them or calm them down. ReflectionsĬhimpanzees are one of the few species that can recognise themselves in a mirror. Don't smile.Ĭhimpanzees use facial expressions to show emotions, but a human smile that shows all your teeth is seen as a threatening expression to chimpanzees. She lived for years at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone, where the other chimps accepted her, until her death in 2002. Chimpanzees are capable of eating much larger seeds than most animals in their ecosystem, so many plant species depend on large animals such as chimps to spread their seeds. The only other known chimpanzee with albinism was called Pinkie. The seeds then grow into trees in other locations, leading to a healthier tree population. When they eat fruit, they spread the seeds of that fruit through their poo. Seed dispersalĬhimpanzees play an important role in their environment as seed dispersers. Because of the bitter taste of the plant the chimpanzees’ grimace when they are eating it, it is thought that it is eaten mostly for medicinal reasons rather than taste. An example of this with chimpanzees is when they eat the bitter Vernonia plant, a plant species known to have medicinal benefits. Zoopharmacognosy is the name given a type of ‘animal self-medication’, referring to the phenomenon of animal species knowing the things in their natural environment they can eat to prevent disease, kill viruses or aid digestion.
They also use stones to open nuts, and leaves to scoop up drinking water. Different groups of chimpanzees use tools in different ways including using sticks to retrieve termites from their mounds and dig insects out of logs. ToolsĬhimpanzees are one of the few species we know to use tools. Humans and chimps are believed to share a common ancestor who lived 7 to 13 million years ago. Are chimpanzees monkeys Chimpanzees are primates a group that includes monkeys and apes but they are great apes, not monkeys. Chimpanzees share over 98% of their genetic material with humans, and along with bonobos, are our closest living relatives.
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