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By the time she was 12 Lucy had become very strong and was very destructive in the Temerlin house. Eventually she was shipped to a chimpanzee rehabilitation center in The Gambia, accompanied by University of Oklahoma psychology graduate student Janis Carter. Carter intended to stay with Lucy for only three weeks to ease her transition to an ...
Formerly the bonobo was known as the "pygmy chimpanzee", despite the bonobo having a similar body size to the common chimpanzee. The name "pygmy" was given by the German zoologist Ernst Schwarz in 1929, who classified the species on the basis of a previously mislabeled bonobo cranium, noting its diminutive size compared to chimpanzee skulls.
The chimpanzee's arms are longer than its legs. The male common chimp stands up to 1.2 m (3.9 ft) high. Male adult wild chimps weigh between 40 and 60 kg [33] [34] [35] with females weighing between 27 and 50 kg. [34] When extended, the common chimp's long arms span one and a half times the body's height. [6]
The chimp's story is just as incredible as his cuteness. The baby, named Boon, was orphaned when his mother, Soona, died shortly after giving birth to him at Montarto Zoo near Adelaide last week.
Zoo visitors at Chester Zoo in northern England recently got a shocking surprise: They watched a chimpanzee give birth to a rare baby.. The baby’s mom, Alice, gave birth to the newborn Dec. 29 ...
Little Stevie's mother is exhibiting no maternal instincts, and the science of caring for great apes in captivity has changed. Zoo Knoxville workers are 'mothering' new baby chimp — here's why ...
A lower-ranking female would rarely attempt an attack on a female who outranks her, especially if the higher-ranking female is in close proximity to her high-ranking kin. A higher-ranking female would not hesitate to attack and attempt to grab the infant of a lower-ranking mother, and with the support of her daughters would be successful.
Humphrey, a big, strong, bullysome male; Gigi, a large, sterile female who delighted in being the "aunt" of any young chimps or humans; Mr. McGregor, a belligerent older male; Flo, a motherly, high-ranking female with a bulbous nose and ragged ears, and her children; Figan, Faben, Freud, Fifi, and Flint; [36] [37]