Is a chimpanzee a monkey? Detailed answer

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Is a chimpanzee a monkey?

A chimpanzee is a monkey, but special, the most intelligent of all monkeys! Monkeys belong to the most highly organized order of mammals, called primates, which includes humans. The whole body of monkeys is covered with hair, they usually live in trees and instead of claws on each of the five fingers of the hind and front paws they have nails.

All monkeys can be divided into 4 main groups: lemurs, Old World monkeys (baboons, etc.), New World monkeys (spider monkey, howler monkeys, etc.) and great apes (gorilla, orangutan, chimpanzee and gibbon) . Of the three great apes: the gorilla, the orangutan, and the chimpanzee, the chimpanzee is the most human-like. This monkey is smaller than both the gorilla and the orangutan, but more "intelligent" than them. The body of a chimpanzee, devoid of a tail, is very similar to a human.

True, chimpanzees have 13 pairs of ribs, while humans usually have 12 pairs. The dark skin of the chimpanzee is covered everywhere except on the palms and face with coarse black hair. Chimpanzees live in small groups in the forests of Central Africa, east of Sierra Leone to Lake Victoria. They are very easy to tame and take root well in the zoo. Sometimes they become so attached to their favorite caretakers that they even cry and call them when they are sick!

Chimpanzee scholars claim that there are at least 20 different sounds that can be classified as "chimpanzee language". On the ground, chimpanzees move on four legs, leaning on the ground with their knuckles to support the body. A male chimpanzee can weigh up to 70 kg and reach a height of 1,5 m, although most chimpanzees are slightly smaller.

Author: Likum A.

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