What Can chimpanzees learn?

What Can chimpanzees learn?

In captivity, chimpanzees can be taught human languages such as ASL (American Sign Language). A female chimp named Washoe knew more than 240 signs. Chimpanzees can catch or be infected with human diseases. Chimpanzees in the wild rarely live longer than 50 years.

Can chimpanzees learn words?

SCIENTISTS SAY they have trained chimpanzees to understand simple English sentences although the apes have not shown they can communicate in a true, spoken language. The research stems from work going back to 1970 when some chimpanzees were able to communicate with humans with varying degrees of competence.

What is the behavior of a chimpanzee?

Behavior. Chimpanzees are highly social. They live in communities of several dozen animals, led by an alpha male and his coalition of male allies. Research has shown that male and female chimps have individual personalities, with females being more trusting and timid.

What is a learned behavior of a chimpanzee?

Chimpanzees have exhibited as many as 39 learned behaviours, including feeding, mating, grooming, and tool use. Behaviours are often learned at an early age by watching and copying others.

Can you teach a chimpanzee to talk?

Humans seem to acquire language in a manner different from other types of behavioral learning. Chimpanzees cannot speak because, unlike humans, their vocal cords are located higher in their throats and cannot be controlled as well as human vocal cords.

Why do chimps eat other chimps?

By attacking the other group, the chimpanzees protect their local food supply—and by eating the slaughtered chimp, no meat goes to waste. Cannibalism in animals is, of course, different from cannibalism in humans. It is surprisingly common.

Why do chimps smile?

Myth: Chimps can smile like humans do. Chimps make this expression when they are afraid, unsure, stressed, or wanting to appear submissive to a more dominant troop member. A chimpanzee enjoying a good tickle session with another chimp may show their bottom row of teeth with their mouth open and relaxed.