Chimpanzee

Pan Troglodytes

Description:

Chimpanzees are one of the four great apes, the other three being the gorilla, orang utan and bonobo. They are highly intelligent and among the few animals known to use tools. Though their diet comprises mainly vegetative matter, they are not herbivorous as most people previously thought. They hunt for smaller primates in an organized and ruthless manner. Chimps can be ruthless at times and affectionate at others. Their display gestures include hugs, kisses, pats on the back and even tickles.

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6 Comments

Veni 11 years ago

Thank you very much Karen .

KarenL 11 years ago

Lovely photo!
Where you know the species as in this case, please can you look up & add the scientific name so that we can take this off of the "unknown" list. Because we have a global user base & sometimes many different common names for the same species, the system uses the scientific name to link similar spottings - which also means this may come up in the thumbnails on other spottings & more people may take a look & favorite it. Without the scientific name this will continue to show up as unidentified & you may get further ID suggestions from other users.