chimpanzee
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In captivity, at least one chimpanzee appeared to drag imaginary blocks across the floor after playing with real wooden ones.
From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026
Ai, a female chimpanzee famous for her cognitive skills has died at 49, according to the Japanese institute where she lived.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
There again, maybe the laugh is on the rest of us, because these folks are still pulling down the big bucks, even after their predictions worked out worse than the proverbial blindfolded chimpanzee throwing darts.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025
The three new chimpanzee infants are at the Chimpanzees of Mahale Mountains habitat, and the new Bornean orangutan infant is at the zoo’s Red Ape Rain Forest.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
A chimpanzee shudders and grimaces when it touches a big black spider, like you and I would do, before squashing it angrily with its knuckles, not something you and I would do.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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