Tools the chimpanzees just like the other animals make use if tools such as sharpening rock to make cutting equipment or breaking open nuts with stones or even sticks when checking depth of water sources. There has not been any confirmation on if the apes can contract COVID-19. This also put the chimpanzees at a disadvantaged point as they can easily contract human disease such as the influenza and other airborne infections. You can only spot the chimpanzees in the wild in Africa.ĭNA percentage The chimpanzees are close to human in relation and even appearance and with the research that has been carried out, it has been identified that the chimpanzees share up to 95 to 98 percent of the same DNA with the humans and a greater relation than they have with the gorillas. Great Apes the chimpanzees are one of the great ape animals and there are only four animals under this category and these are the chimpanzees along with the bonobos, orangutans and the much loved gorillas.Īfrican animals one may consider the chimpanzees “African animals” as these are endemic species to Africa and can only be visited in the wild and in their natural habitat in Africa and this doesn’t mean you can not spot them in zoos all over the world as these creatures can survive in captivity. These are hairy animals whose whole body is covered win fur excluding the face, the toes, palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.Īre you booked for a chimpanzee trekking experience, are you interested in the chimpanzee trekking experience or just fascinated by the chimpanzees, here are a few facts you may need to know or witness for yourself. The chimpanzees are divided into four subspecies and all these have similar characteristics such as an average standing height of 150 cm approximately 4 feet 11 inches with a weight range of 60 kilograms for the grown adults and 27 to 50 kgs for the female adults. These chimpanzees are threatened by the habitat loss and human interference such as poaching and human transmittable disease. The chimpanzees are on the red list of IUCN’s endangered species with about 170,000 to 300,000 individuals left in the world. The Chimpanzees can be visited in several places and these are some quite fascinating creatures and you can get to visit and testify to this on a Uganda safari or Rwanda safari to any of the chimpanzee destinations.
The Chimpanzee species are closely related to the humans and the famous gorillas and there are a number of identifiers for these animals. Fun facts about Chimpanzees : Chimpanzees often called the chimps are one of the most commonly spotted apes of the region that tend to spotted in the forested areas and some times the savannah lands of Africa.
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