You may think chimpanzees are monkeys, but they belong to the ape family.
There related to Gorillas and Orangutans and they are NOT related to us.They live in forests, woodland areas and dry savannahs.
Chimpanzees are some of the most intelligent animals on earth. They use tools to catch food, they use sticks to find termites and rocks to crack open nuts. They can learn new things. They can even play computer games! Chimpanzees communicate with each other by panting and barking or drumming. Boy chimpanzees stay in groups there whole live, females join a new group when they grow up. Some times male chimpanzees fight with each other. Chimpanzees eat fruit and plants, but they also hunt. They eat lizards, frogs and even small monkeys! Chimps are endangered. because people are cutting down trees in their habitat. The chimps have no where to go. Chimps groom each other to show friendship, they also pull bugs and dirt out of each others fur. Chimps sleep in nests made of leaves and they have babies in these nest too. Chimps chew up leaves to make sponges, they sop up water to drink. Chimpanzees mothers carry there babies on there back for 4 or over years. They remain close to them there whole lives.
BY ANIKA HERRING
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