Facts about Chimpanzees : In Uganda there are a thousand of wildlife to sight and a number of tourists always come to Uganda for a Uganda safari just to have a small brief move and period to sight the beauty and lovely looks of these endangered animals, but most of them to come with the aim of basically knowing the ways these lovely creatures behave and they end up with a content of research work to take back home because on a Uganda Chimpanzee safari it a fully satisfying trip.
The most talked about animals and the most seek for of them all are the great mountain gorillas these endangered species of animals is seek for and highly loved by most sightsees in Uganda because of the way they a associate and behave makes it fun to hike for,
Nevertheless, there are some other similar species that most do not focus on but they are as well the most loved and most friendly animals any man on earth would love to learn about.
The Uganda chimpanzees are another type of animals that anyone who is a hiker would love to hike about in Uganda mostly on a Uganda safari tour. Chimpanzees are our adjoining primate cousins yet their numbers are diminishing every day due to habitat loss related to deforestation and climate change. Wild Chimpanzees Can Only Be Found in Africa.
They are located in about 21 African countries, with a majority of numbers found in central Africa. To help increase more awareness and to increase the love for them there are interesting facts about chimps you might need to know. This will help you understand better and also get to treasure them the more for their loveliness.
Facts about chimpanzees
Same DNA: We Share 95 to 98 Percent of the Same DNA with Chimpanzees.
Organically, we are much more closely related to chimpanzees and bonobos than we do to gorillas. Our two species are descended from a single ancestor species that lived six or seven million years ago.
Ability to learn: chimpanzees have been able to pick up American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate with caretakers. A chimpanzee named Washoe, was known to be the first non-human to learn to communicate via ASL and was able to do more than 350 signs. Washoe also managed to pass on some signs to her adopted son later on.
Use of Tools: Much like humans, chimpanzees utilize self-made tools in order to feed and protect themselves, and have found ingenious ways to do so. From using small branches to dig out termites from their mounds, to smashing rocks to crack open nuts to searching the right length of twig to scratch themselves, chimpanzees have real creativity in turning tools to their benefit.
Chimpanzees are Omnivorous: They are happy to eat most foods but they tend to eat more fruit than any other food groups. A chimpanzee’s diet consists of everything from seeds, leaves, insects, honey and even roots. Though they have been recorded to hunt other wildlife like monkeys or small antelope for meat. For chimpanzees, feeding is mostly an individual activity but known to work in a team occasionally.
Complex Family and Social Structures: They live in fission-fusion societies meaning the size and composition changes over time that breaks off in smaller, often interchangeable groups. Extended family groups can grow as large as 20-120 individuals and can have strict hierarchies, with just one dominant alpha male at the head.
Only Give Birth Once Every Five Years: Most pregnancies typically carry only one child. Infant chimpanzees will cling on to its mother’s furs and ride on her back until the age’s three to five, resulting in a close familial bond even after reaching maturity.
Can Live Up to their 80s: the average life expectancy for captive chimps are around 38 years old. Chimpanzee lifespan in the wild is a bit more difficult to record but one research has found chimps living at Ngogo in Uganda’s Kibale National Park to have an average life expectancy of 33 years.
They Can Walk on Two Legs: Chimps get around by a lot of climbing and swinging from tree to tree. Not unlike gorillas, chimpanzees usually walk on all fours, otherwise known as knuckle-walking, but have been recorded to walk on two feet on the rare occasion.
Currently an Endangered Species: Uganda Conservation of Nature has declared the chimpanzee an endangered species. Due to increasing human activities such as logging, mining, oil extraction and highway projects, the natural habitats of chimpanzees have significantly degraded and impacted.
Chimpanzees are purposeful pointers: If you’ve ever pointed a finger to identify something you want, you are a purposeful pointer! Chimpanzees also fall into this category. They are capable of pointing to an object they want to let someone know that they want it.
Chimpanzees laugh: No matter what mood, hearing our retirees laugh will instantly brighten the day. The laugh of a chimpanzee is breathy and can be subtle or loud depending on the individual. Not every chimp laughs every time they play, which makes it all the more special to hear.
Aggressive: Aggression is a common part of the chimpanzee behavior, whether it’s between or within groups. They can show tremendous mutilation. They go for the face; they go for the hands and feet; they go for the testicles. To outsiders, they have very nasty behaviors.
Undergo menstruation periods: Most monkeys living in Africa and Asia, such as rhesus macaques, menstruate. Great apes do it too. Menstrual bleeding is easily detectable in chimpanzees mostly and this is common to the females, and this Is because of the fact that humans and these apes share a great DNA.
They Warn Their Friends of Danger: Chimps live in dangerous spaces, but fortunately they have each other’s backs. These great apes are known for warning their friends, based on the information they perceive that the other chimps have about the threat. Chimps will make alarming vocalizations and gaze at a threat and then back at their group until other chimps take notice. Those are some of the facts about chimps. but Largest concentration of chimpanzees is mostly in rainforest areas as they need a water supply and access to fruits.
