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Discover interesting stories about chimpanzees our next of kin.
The Japing Ape
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Gorilla Bananas is a former circus ape who has now retired to his native Congo. Between visits to the nearby safari camp, he reminisces on his circus career and comments on the weird behavior of his hairless cousins.
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Evolution of an Activist | November 18th 2009 by Andrew Lehman
Bill Wallauer is a videographer, a colleague of Jane Goodall. Click here to read Bill’s observations of chimpanzees behaving in ways that are fascinating to consider. Bill observes males displaying at waterfalls and in thunderstorms as ind read more
Have Scientists Understated Genetic Diversity?
The Evolution Conspiracy | November 18th 2009 by Lisa A. Shiel
We’ve all heard that humans and chimpanzees share about 98% of our DNA. If we flip that around, then we differ by only 2%. Yet the tiniest differences can make all the difference, it turns out. Most animals and birds have the gene called FOXP2, read more
Lion Country Safari
South Florida Children | November 18th 2009 by Affordable Web Pro
Lion Country Safari Southern Blvd. West 793-1084 soflachildrenoriginal Van rentals available Daily 9:30-5:30 last vehicle in by 4:30. Drive (with car windows closed; no convertibles or pets) on 8 miles of paved roads through a 500-acre cage less zoo read more
Right-Handed Chimpanzees Provide Clues to the Origin of Human Lan…
Impact Lab | November 17th 2009
An adult male extends his right arm toward an adult female in order to greet her. Most of the linguistic functions in humans are controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere. A study of captive chimpanzees at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center read more
on the stifling of creativity
How We Are Hungry | November 16th 2009 by ragamuffin
An experiment was conducted by Desmond Morris in 1962 comparing the artistic creativity of young children and chimpanzees. Remarkably, both chimp and human child became so engrossed in their painting that they showed very little interest in foo read more
Chimpanzees Mourn Their Dead
The Things | November 15th 2009 by Sean
I found a news article about Chimpanzees mourning a dead friend. I personally think this behavior is what separates us primates from other animals. The only two animals that display this behavior is us and the chimpanzees. It shows an understanding o read more
Why can't chimps talk? Genetic study sheds light on why our close…
Indonesia Shared | November 14th 2009 by Pieter Prawira
Why can humans talk and chimps cannot?The question has long since puzzled researchers, considering we share up to 98.5 per cent of the same DNA.But scientists say they have found a clue - and it lies not simply in the genetic code, but in how the gen read more
10 Questions for Jane Goodall
5700 | November 14th 2009 by Lorna
By Jane Goodall Thursday, Sep. 10, 2009 / Time.com /h3> What characteristics make chimpanzees seem most like human beings? Chip Clark, ST. JOHN’S, NFLD. There are so read more
Do animals mourn their dead?
Keep On Seeking | November 13th 2009 by Dave
Have you ever wondered if animals have emotions, more specifically, do they mourn? Is it possible for animals to comprehend death?"Chimps are not silent. They are gregarious, loud, vocal creatures, usually with relatively short attention spans", she read more
Innocent Woman Mauled by Chimp: Who is to Blame?
Animal Blawg | November 13th 2009 by dnc-1
Lindsay Macleod In February 2009, Charla Nash, a 55-year-old woman was visiting her friend Sandra Herold in Stamford, Connecticut, when Herold’s pet chimp, Travis, suddenly attacked her. The crazed chimp tore off Nash’s nose, lips and ey read more
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More than a dozen chimps stand behind razor wire and watched silently Dorothy, a chimpanzee who was 40 years more, dying of heart failure. This is a very touching picture and maybe you never seen befo…
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Liberec, North Bohemia, (CTK) – The Liberec Zoological Garden will on December 1 sell the drawings by its chimpanzees to the persons who will offer the highest sums and the proceeds will go in s…
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Grief-stricken Chimpanzees Mourning The Death Of A Fellow Ape
This extraordinary photo taken by Monica Szczupider at the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Centre in eastern Cameroon shows a family of grief-stricken chimpanzees mourning the death of a…
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