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National Bird Day: January 5 International Zebra Day: January 31 World Wetlands Day: February 2 ... World Chimpanzee Day [93] [94] [95] July 14 World Orca Day [96]
July 14, 2025 – World Chimpanzee Day honors these incredibly smart and social primates. ... National Mutt Day celebrates the steadfast and sweet mixed-breed dogs that are sometimes overlooked ...
A study commissioned by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and conducted by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded in a report (see report brief [12]) released on December 15, 2011 that ‘while the chimpanzee has been a valuable animal model in past research, most current use of chimpanzees for biomedical research is unnecessary’. The ...
Alpha male chimpanzee at Kibale National Park, Uganda. Male chimpanzees exist in a linear dominance hierarchy. Top-ranking males tend to be aggressive even during dominance stability. [89] This is probably due to the chimpanzee's fission-fusion society, with male chimpanzees leaving groups and returning after extended periods of time.
Monkey Day is particularly popular among animal rights and environmental activists, and visual artists and arts institutions. Monkey Day's celebrants and supporters include Jane Goodall, Greenpeace, National Geographic, the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Louvre Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Institution.
The Gombe Chimpanzee War, also known as the Four-Year War, [3] [4] was a violent conflict between two communities of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park in the Kigoma region of Tanzania between 1974 and 1978. The two groups were once unified in the Kasakela community.
J. Fred Muggs (born March 14, 1952) is a chimpanzee born in the African colony of French Cameroon that forms part of modern-day Cameroon.Brought to New York City before his first birthday, he was bought by two former NBC pages and eventually appeared on a host of television shows on that network including NBC's Today Show where he served as mascot from 1953 to 1957.
Save the Chimps is an organization unlike any other. The world’s largest privately funded chimpanzee sanctuary, it’s home to over 200 rescued chimps on 150 acres (including five dedicated ...