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A chimpanzee from the Kasakela chimpanzee community was the first nonhuman animal reported making a tool, by modifying a twig to use as an instrument for extracting termites from their mound. [144] [145] At Taï, chimpanzees simply use their hands to extract termites. [125]
Ham (July 1957 – January 19, 1983), a chimpanzee also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was the first non-human great ape launched into space.On January 31, 1961, Ham flew a suborbital flight on the Mercury-Redstone 2 mission, part of the U.S. space program's Project Mercury.
Enos's flight was a full dress rehearsal for the next Mercury launch on February 20, 1962, which would make John Glenn the first American to orbit Earth. On November 4, 1962, Enos died of shigellosis -related dysentery , which was resistant to then-known antibiotics.
Scientists described these first chimpanzees as "pygmies", and noted the animals' distinct similarities to humans. The next two decades, a number of the creatures were imported into Europe, mainly acquired by various zoological gardens as entertainment for visitors.
A safari park has welcomed a chimpanzee into its resident troop for the first time in eight years. Visitors to Blair Drummond Safari Park can now see Peter, a 31-year-old male, who arrived in ...
Within the superfamily Hominoidea , the family Hominidae diverged from the family Hylobatidae (gibbons) some 15–20 million years ago; African great apes (subfamily Homininae) diverged from orangutans about ; the tribe Hominini (humans, Australopithecines and other extinct biped genera, and chimpanzee) parted from the tribe Gorillini between ...
Haddix took over the Missouri Primate Foundation from Connie Casey, who bought her first chimp in 1972, after initially setting up the sanctuary in the 1960s. Casey also ran a business called ...
Tonka, the chimpanzee at the center of the HBO docuseries Chimp Crazy, is far removed from the drama included in the show today.. The 32-year-old primate first rose to fame in the 90s, when, as a ...