Bonobo Display-Male bonobo, the peaceful ape displays Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Bonobo male - This male bonobo shows the display behavior sometimes used by bonobos and chimps.

This is not a random shaking. He is shown very carefully selecting the material used to make an impressive display. He selects dead, hollow stems. When he shakes these dead weeds, they make a certain sound. The weeds also are of a particular size. His shaking itself draws attention. In addition, he further draws attention with his charging behavior. This makes children watching nervous.

The bonobo is the peaceful ape. The species has a matriarchal structure. This can be seen in the way the male treats the young. In spite of his display, he allows the young bonobo to play near him.

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. With its pink lips, expressive face, high forehead, long, and neatly-parted, head hair, this animal looks very human. Its human appearance is even more accented by its highly individual facial features and its ability to walk upright with its back straight like a person and unlike the bent over posture of other apes. It is considered the most intelligent of all animals by many researchers. Individuals have been taught a vocabulary of as many as 400 words and are able to type using a special keyboard of geometric symbols. Bonobos can understand and respond to such complex commands as ones to take a bottle out of a refrigerator, open it, and put it on a table. Bonobo DNA is around 99-98 percent identical to our own.

Despite this closeness, the bonobo is one of the least recognized of any animal. This is because it was discovered in one of the most forbidden wildernesses of Africa in only 1928. Amazingly enough, this closest cousin was one of the very last large mammals to be discovered.The bonobo is remarkably intelligent.
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
Bonobo closest species to human walk upright "wear clothes"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJom0P5yALQ
World's Largest Chimpanzee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moT83Zw30mA
WORLD'S FIRST GORILLA BORN IN CAPTIVITY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2m9bRUmDwc
Ape vs. Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq48Vxnuv44
GORILLA PLAY "ATTACKS" JACK HANNA, ZOO DIRECTOR EMERITUS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzGE8LfiPlU
WORLD'S FIRST GORILLA MATING FACE TO FACE VIEW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYrLC7m_ya4
Bonobo Mating Activity Face-to-face
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7YqaqjR1zY
CHIMPANZEES CAN READ AND WRITE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=266FV--FmGo
Chimpanzee, Bonobo, Orangutan, Gorilla, Siaman-The Great Ape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxXDEsAm6sk
Babies Gorilla and Human Babies Playing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOUZ8eGYLIY
Baby Gorilla; Future Engineer, Self-recognition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvagagAYQTI
Baby Gorilla and Human Babies/Children toys play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMDsdbVh6Dk
Baby Gorilla and Human Babies Play, Say Goodbye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd8PFIznI0s
Musical, Loud Chorus Of Singing Gibbons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azNzz_OyieQ
Bonobo walks upright, carries morning paper, looks it over
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y27PMkI7x04
Four Hands, The Bonobo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWum4D8QGmI

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[encliticcopula]

What is this display for? Is he trying to attract a mate?

[IrenaScott]

He may just be showing off in general and may have also been trying to impress another male with his size and strength.

[sohltofang]

I'd run at the display too if people were always watching me!

[neithere]

If only you could hold the camera still at least for a couple of seconds... good footage but the eyes quckly get very tired. Thanks, anyway. :)

[enteradj]

@encliticcopula to attract female probably

[paradessence]

It seems clear from the trajectory of the displaying male and the behavior of bonobos around him that this aggressive display was targeted at the gawking children. This is not a display of aggression toward or a call for attention from other bonobos. The male was likely annoyed by the onlookers and wished to chase them off (quite understandable, if you ask me--would you want people staring at you all day?)

[Kimakuru]

humans are great apes

[kdc43]

why would it be better? you can't answer that!

[kdc43]

pongop, you want humans to go extinct then you are extinct! you are suicidal.....get help!

[faltriwall]

what's sad to me is that great apes (bonobos, chimps, orangutans, gorillas) are in danger from humans, and this is the safest place for them. It would be better if they could be safe in natural environs... too bad humans probably never will be at peace with themselves enough to be able to be at peace with animals.