As its was World Chimpanzee Day…. here are some interesting facts about these amazing apes…
- I worked with Chimps at Wellington Zoo many years ago – they are not of my all-time favourite animals
They are remarkable and fascinating creatures…..
- We Share 98 Percent of the Same DNA with chimpanzees
- Wild chimpanzees can only be found in Africa
- chimpanzees are Omnivorous… they have been known to even on occasion eat meat
- they have highly complex family and social structures
- Chimpanzees can live up to their 80s
- They have the capacity to learn sign language
- they are one of the very few animals that are known tool users in the wild
- female Chimpanzees only give birth once every five years
More about Jane Goodall & her organisation’s work with chimpanzees
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