The chimpanzee

📖 In short

The chimpanzee is a large ape that lives in the forests of Africa; it's a great ape like the gorilla and the orangutan. It has no tail, and it's one of the cleverest animals in the world, able to learn many things.

🤩 Did you know?

In the wild a chimp lives about 30 to 38 years.
A group of chimps roams an area of 25 to 50 square kilometers looking for food.
A chimp named Kanzi learned to understand more than 150 words of human speech.
Chimps eat fruit, leaves, insects and sometimes meat.

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🌟 It uses tools

A chimp pokes a thin stick into a termite mound, then pulls it out covered in termites and eats them! It cracks nuts with stones, and uses leaves like a sponge to drink water.

🔍 Living in groups

Chimps live in big groups whose members help each other, play together and groom each other's fur. They communicate with sounds, facial expressions and gestures.

💡 Mother and baby

A baby chimp stays close to its mother for many years, clinging to her belly and then riding on her back, as she teaches it where to find food and how to build its nest.