Identify with Primates

Learn about primates around the world, where they live and what we are doing to help them

Chimpanzees…learn more…

chimpanzee Chimpanzees live in Africa

Chimpanzees are much like us

Chimpanzees are endangered in the wild

Chimpanzees have long arms and swing through the trees

Chimpanzees  play, laugh, smile, express feelings of sadness, anger and fear




Bonobos…learn more…

Bonobos
Bonobos share 98.7% of our human DNA and often get mistaken for chimpanzees

Bonobos are the rarest and most endangered of the great apes

Bonobos are very calm and do not get very angry, they are very affectionate

Bonobos have high pitched voices

Bonobos live in the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo)


Gorillas…learn more..

Mountain gorilla
Gorillas are critically endangered

Gorillas live in Africa

Gorillas are quite passive and shy but can be noisy to scare away predators

Gorillas make nests on the ground to sleep in

Vervet monkeys

Vervet  monkey

Vervet monkeys are found throughout Africa, from Senegal to Sudan and all the way to the southern tip of Africa.

Vervets live in family groups called Troops

Vervets communicate through body language and calls

Vervet monkey troop numbers are decreasing due to habitat loss and urban living

Vervets eat insects and fruit

Samango monkeys

Samango monkey