TA BLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 WHAT GREAT APEs CHAPTER 2 WALKING THE WALK 10 CHAPTER 3 CHIMPs As CHEFs 16 CHAPTER 4 CHIMPs IN CHILDHOOD 22 CHAPTER 5 RAINFOREST DANGER 26 THINK ABOUT IT 30 LEARN MORE GLOSSARY 32 INDEX 32
CHAPTER 1 WHAT GREAT APES uickly the chimpanzees move from tree to tree Just ahead is a tree filled with figs the small sweet fruit that chimps eat After filling up the chimps walk across branches through the rainforest finally reaching their nests high in the trees for a nap In the wild chimpanzees live in communities and use natural objects as tools Once in a while they will stand upright and walk on two legs In captivity chimps learn to use sign language and star in movies They are 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
smart and curious but also strong and aggressive Like gorillas and orangutans chimps are great apes Chimpanzees are divided into two species the chimpanzee and the bonobo Chimpanzees are divided into four subspecies Each subspecies lives in a different region of Africa Bonobos live near the Congo River in central Africa AP Chimpanzees sometimes walk on two legs and sometimes on all fours EXPLORINO our RAINFO
