LIGHTNING BOLT BOOKS Meet a Baby Chimpanzee Mari Schuh
Life as a Baby Chimpanzee A mother chimpanzee is about to give birth Her baby grew inside her for around eight months Now the baby is ready to be born The mother gives birth alone Sometimes mother chimpanzees give birth to twins
Newborn chimpanzees are smaller than most newborn human babies Baby chimpanzees are small They weigh about 4 pounds 2 kilograms Mother chimpanzees weigh 70 to 100 pounds 32 to 45 kilograms That is almost as much as a human teenager might weigh
