Humans and primates share many similarities, in fact, such behaviors of humans are greatly reflected in primates. Even though, there are still many primates in the wild the easiest way to observe primates is at a local zoo. For the purpose of observing two primates, I made a visit to Los Angeles Zoo on a very sunny day, September 4, 2016 at 1pm. My visit to the zoo was a quite exhausting one since the weather was almost 90 degrees and I was quite hungry. Luckily, at the zoo they had water misters by a children’s playground that really helped out with the hot weather and they also had food stands. Although, the food was expensive I was satisfied with the burger I got for six dollars. Once I refreshed a little and wasn’t hungry anymore I decided to go look for the two primates that I would be looking at. The two species of primates that I chose to observe were two kinds of apes, the Western Lowland Gorilla, scientifically known as Gorilla gorilla gorilla and the chimpanzee also known as, Pan troglodytes.
The Western Lowland Gorillas are apes that can be found in …show more content…
Just like humans, chimpanzees communicate with each other through a complex system of vocalizations, gestures, body postures and facial expressions. “They can communicate with each other even over long distances with loud calls called pant-hoots, or by drumming the buttresses of trees.” The most remarkable physical similarity between chimpanzees and humans is the opposable thumb, which allows chimpanzees to grab objects and use tools much like we do. Chimpanzees use tools such as “ rocks that they use as hammers, anvils to pound open nuts, as well as leaves as napkins and sponges, and sticks break open beehives for honey.” Something interesting I got to observe was George utilizing a stick to hit a metal wall, as if he was playing the drums. However, George only did this for about 3 minutes
The Western Lowland Gorillas are apes that can be found in …show more content…
Just like humans, chimpanzees communicate with each other through a complex system of vocalizations, gestures, body postures and facial expressions. “They can communicate with each other even over long distances with loud calls called pant-hoots, or by drumming the buttresses of trees.” The most remarkable physical similarity between chimpanzees and humans is the opposable thumb, which allows chimpanzees to grab objects and use tools much like we do. Chimpanzees use tools such as “ rocks that they use as hammers, anvils to pound open nuts, as well as leaves as napkins and sponges, and sticks break open beehives for honey.” Something interesting I got to observe was George utilizing a stick to hit a metal wall, as if he was playing the drums. However, George only did this for about 3 minutes