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Sue Savage-Rumbaugh is an American psychologist who tried, and succeeded, teaching an ape, bonobo, how to use a language. Animals can learn to use a language. One example is Kanzi, a 26-year-old male bonobo. Animals are more intelligent than we think, they don’t talk but they understand each other, scientists have been successful in teaching animals out language, and they can communicate in many different ways. Language is not just talking, in fact, it is how people or animals share their…

My favorite non human primate is the chimpanzee. This is my favorite primate because it is the most similar to human beings, sharing up to ninety-eight point eight percent of our genetic make up. Chimpanzees tend to live in African rain forests, woodlands, and grasslands. Even though they usually walk on all fours, they can stand upright and walk and their two back legs just as human beings do. Chimpanzees and humans fall into the same kingdom (Animalia), phylum (Chordata), class (Mammalia),…

The other day I was talking to a friend of mine Tom about various animals while we were at the zoo. Then we had passed the chimpanzee exhibit and then Tom said a dumb remark stating that chimpanzees are like humans because they walk upright. Which I had responded they may share the ability to walk upright and share a few similarities, however, there are various differences that a human and a chimpanzee have like dietary, habit, and lifestyles. To begin with humans and chimpanzee have a…

Dian Fossey was born in one of the worst eras in history, a time when the rich where beggars and the poor were starving. In 1932 during the depression Dian Fossey was born, her mother Kitty was a fashion model and her father George was an insurance agent. Her father loved to be out in nature and hated his job and eventually started drinking; his wife was not pleased and soon filed a divorce. Soon Diana's mother met a new husband, his name was Richard. Unlike Diana birth father, George, Richard…

Chimpanzees and Bonobos have been considered a separate variant of species due to evolution for about 2 million years now but are still the closest living ancestors to each other sharing about 99% of each others DNA. They are often mistaken for the same animal but are largely different in the way they govern their societies and mating habits. Anthropologists study chimpanzees and bonobos and attempt to understand them and in turn also understand humans. The question in matter is how do these two…

Bipedalism is the ability to walk on two legs. This behavior was first associated with apes nearly seven million years ago. During this time period, the jungle Africa started to become barren and lacked enough resources for the apes to continue living as they had. The lack of food in their jungle environment forced them to travel on the ground, however, this led to many problems. While searching for food on the ground, apes were susceptible to predators, they also lacked the ability to transport…

Did humans evolve from monkeys? That could be considered the most controversial question of all times and to some a question that will never be objectively answered. Charles Darwin and many evolutionists believe that the closest genetic composition of human beings is that of primates. Early scientists insist that the hairy four legged apes are the ancient cousins of man who never evolved into modern day man. The human fascination with monkeys, apes, and chimpanzees has captivated Americans…

Modern Tarzan has CG hippos and crocodiles Never before has the jungle where Tarzan lives had so many computer generated animals. Rodeo FX completed nearly 200 visual effects shots for The Legend of Tarzan, including action sequences with CG hippos and crocodiles. The new Tarzan movie from Warner Bros. is a film about the return of the hero to the jungle, but many of the scenes that look as part of a nature documentary… were created with computers. The level of action you see in The Legend of…

In the experiment performed in zoological parks using the adapted Five Factor Model + Dominance, six clearly defined factors were determined, and each of the factors was compared to the human factor model. It was discovered that the strongest chimpanzee personality factor was not one of the human Big Five, but accounted for the dominance factor in chimpanzees. The remaining, original five factors bore a striking resemblance to the human Big Five (King & Figueredo, 1997). Similarly, dominance was…

Which species of monkey has only less than 200 in total in the wild? It’s the Francois langur! The habitat of the Francois langur is Asia, but also other countries in and around Asia. The areas where they live consist of semi-tropical and subtropical regions. The monkeys are covered in black fur all around their bodies, except for a white stripe that goes along their face. Additionally, young Francois langurs have orange fur until they are about one year old. Their diet is made up of things such…