Chimp, Bonobo, Gorilla, Orangutan, Siaman-The Great Ape

The video shows a comparison of the 4 great apes and the gibbon. The Chimpanzee, Bonobo, Orangutan, and Gorilla are considered the great apes and the Siamang and Gibbon are among the lesser apes.The gorilla is shown probing for food, a common behavior of the gorilla.

***The Chimpanzee -Chimp or Common Chimpanzee- (Pan troglodytes) is the species, with the bonobo, considered the most closely related to humans. They can weigh up to 155 lbs and stand up to 4 feet tall. Like people, they have long lives. For example Cheeta, the star of the movie, Tarzan, is 75 years old. They are native to Africa and four subspecies exist. They are highly intelligent, make elaborate use of tools, and can use language. A chimpanzee named Washoe learned up to 800 signs in American Sign Language. Researchers into chimpanzee language include Sally Boysen, Ohio State University, (who has taught chimpanzees to communicate using a computer), Noam Chomsky, and David Premack. Although chimpanzees are shorter than most people, they are much stronger. The average Chimpanzee has over 5 times the upper-body strength of a human male. A chimp, even a young one, can easily overpower a grown man.

***The Bonobo, also called the Pygmy or Gracile Chimpanzee (Pan paniscus) belongs to the species (with the common chimpanzee) that is most closely related to humans. Its DNA is 98% identical to that of humans and some researchers think they should be classified with the human species, i.e., Homo paniscus. Bonobos have relatively long legs, a matriarchal cultural, and are generally considered frugivorous. They often walk upright and have a human-like appearance. Frans de Waal, one of the leading primate researchers, has stated that the bonobo is capable of empathy, kindness, altruism, and compassion. E. Savage-Rumbaugh and Roger Lewin have extensively studied the ability of the bonobo to learn language. Kanzi has learned over 3000 spoken English words and around 400 lexigrams. He can understand simple grammatical sentences and possibly invent new vocal sounds. The bonobo is also an accomplished tool user.

Many consider the bonobo to be the most closely related of all animals to people. The bonobo has been presented as a stand-in for what human ancestors of only a few million years looked like. The bonobo is remarkably intelligent.

***The gorilla (gorilla gorilla) is the largest of all living primates. These African apes are divided into two species and 4 or 5 subspecies. Their DNA is 97-98% identical to that of humans and they are considered the next closest relative after the chimpanzee. Gorillas can be over 6 feet tall and weight over 500 lbs. They are highly intelligent. Some such as Koko have been taught a subset of sign language. They use tools for a number of purposes. Colo in the Columbus zoo is over 50-years old and the first gorilla born in captivity.

***The Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) consists of two species of great apes native to Indonesia and Malaysia. They have orange/reddish hair and long arms. They are the most arboreal of the great apes and each night they fashion nests in which they sleep. They can grow to almost 6 feet tall and weigh over 260 lbs. Like other apes, they are remarkably intelligent. They use tools regularly. According to researcher, James Lee, orangutans are the world's most intelligent animals other than humans. They have great learning and problem solving ability. Some think they have greater problem solving abilities than chimpanzees. They demonstrate language capability, can play computer games, and have a complex culture.

***The gibbon, a lesser ape, lives in the forests of southern Asia. They mainly live in trees and are Black, beige, and sometimes Black with white facial hair. They sing loudly in the morning in a chorus of very loud whoops and shrieks. They are called the lesser apes because they differ from the chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, and orangutans.

In the early morning and late afternoon pairs of gibbons sing duets. The female sings the major part of th song knows as a "great call." It begins with melodious whooping and climaxes in a high pitched babbling. The male gives simple hoots.
APE VIDEOS:
GIANT CHIMPANZEE, HUMAN-SIZED, MYSTERIOUS NEW SPECIES PART 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4riL1EPv2VA
GIANT CHIMPANZEE, HUMAN-SIZED, MYSTERIOUS NEW SPECIES PART 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILo8EYeqqlI
GIANT CHIMPANZEE, HUMAN-SIZED, MYSTERIOUS NEW SPECIES PART 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSAgQfhyd9A
GORILLA ATTACKS - PUSHES FRIEND IN WATER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ZrOjNOaBw
BONOBO RECOGNIZES HERSELF IN CAMERA VIEWER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoKiTs67J4k
Bonobo-A Greeting From A Rare, Endangered, Human-Like Ape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXGz-aSjbI0
Bonobo Display-Male bonobo, the peaceful ape displays
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYWADWoX8nA

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[StonedOfJordan]

please someone tell me what is a bonobo and how do they differ from chimps ?

[IrenaScott]

@StonedOfJordan Detailed information is in the comments

[ChilapaOfTheAmazons]

You forgot one species of great apes: humans.

[J3yeJ3ye]

Bonobos are a species of chimp. Humans, gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans are the four great apes.

[ram308]

@J3yeJ3ye you gone nuts

[joeguy02]

@Thelavendel What's the name of the song?

[ShreddGamer14]

@rdrom70 i see your point, and its sad, but even apes such as the chimpanzee are prone to unecessary violence. They all have their own personalities, but even some in the wild attack other chimps over very human-like matters like territory or food.

[rdrom70]

I love the mountain gorilla because they are intelligent, capable of humanlike emotion, peaceful and incredibly powerful creatures. I hate being human for many reasons: We destroy, pollute, kill, overtake, overpopulate, cause war and we create horrific diseases and we are unnecessarily greedy. We make trophies out of animals, hold them in captivity and poke fun at them. And we have even enslaved members of our own kind. Humanity is a disease out of control.

[sandycurrie108]

thank you for the delineating descriptions of the great apes, and for the lovely photographs. sadhu!

[Shanongao]

Kinda makes me think.....like if the bible is true, and only humans get "saved"...What about these animals who are so intelligent and have emotions also....shouldnt they also become saved, or is this just a world without a god...

[claynate]

why does everyone slit up the pan genus but not pongo or gorilla. and everyone forgets about homo.

great ape is a family with 4 genuses. pongo (bornean and sumatran orangutans), gorilla (western and eastern), pan (chimpanzee and bonobo), and homo (humans).

there are 7 species of great apes, 4 genuses. i dont get why people always group the two pongos and two gorillas together as one but separate the pan speices. and gibbons are lesser apes, a different family with like 30 species or somethin

[TheJUNGLESURFER]

@ChilapaOfTheAmazons WELL SAID

[lssj5broly1]

bobobos are 3 times stronger than humans while chimps are 5 times stronger humans