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    as that of the chimp. Humans have a brain capacity of 1300 to 1500 cc‚ while the chimps are about 600 - 800 cc. It is though by scientists that our brain size grew over time as were evolved into making complex tools and we became increasingly sophisticated. The human skull is slightly different from that of our primate ancestors‚ these changes occurred over thousands of years of evolution. Over time the humans skull and teeth have decreased from that of our ancestors. The chimp has much larger

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    Apes is about a scientist who is trying to find a cure for Alzheimer’s by testing chimps with various treatments. One of the treatments works‚ a little too well‚ and lets the chimp learn things on a faster scale than human themselves. The chimp is at first obedient and loved by the scientist‚ until the authorities take him away to a facility where he feels abused and neglected. He then creates his own “army” of chimps to rebel against the humans and in the end is let free into the wild. The scientist

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    within the Chocolah Jungle lies a community of chimpanzees. The first time the small chimp Lulu opened her eyes and looked up‚ she saw her smiling mother. Her short brown hair was swaying in the soft breeze. Next to her mother was her father smiling as well but‚ with a hint of sadness in his eyes. She reached up her tiny hand already curious about the cause of his troubled look. She was distracted by a whoop of a chimp swinging past in the trees and barely caught a glimpse of its long brown hair hanging

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    Wild Animal Profiles African Elephant | Mammal. The largest living land mammal‚ the African elephant weighs 3500 to 7000 kilograms (3.5 to 7 tons) and stands 3.4 meters (11 feet) high. The elephant’s remarkable trunk serves variously as a nose‚ arm‚ hand‚ foot and multi-purpose tool. The trunk is strong enough to uproot a tree and delicate enough to pick berries‚ and it enables the elephant to reach as high as 7 meters (23 feet). Humans can hear only 20% of the vocal sounds an elephant makes;

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    kingdom is a wondrous and remarkable setting to explore and discover certain psychologically emotional behaviors and habits among the various organisms that inhabit the planet Earth. Perhaps the most fascinating creatures that come to mind are the bonobo ape (Pan paniscus)‚ the red fox (Vulpes vulpes)‚ the green iguana (Iguana iguana)‚ the common honey bee (Apis mellifera)‚ and the human being (Homo sapien). It is a miraculous phenomenon as to how these beasts‚ as well as others relate and differ

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    but didn’t pay them any mind. So in the year 1960‚ Jane set off for Gombe‚ Africa to begin researching. Just before Goodall was getting ready to start the study‚ many researchers discouraged her‚ telling her that she would never get close to the chimps and it would be a waste of time. Jane didn’t head any of this advice. She knew that

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    Anthropomorphism Out of all the animals known to man‚ the one that represents me most is the chimpanzee or otherwise known as the chimp. In several ways‚ such as their habitat‚ survival skills‚ eating habits‚ and social behavior‚ the chimpanzee has personality traits similar to mine. Chimpanzees are found mainly in wet savannahs and rain forests. The majority of chimpanzees live in tropical forests and what was formerly the forest belt of Africa. Rain forests are beautiful works of nature

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    Throughout Jane Goodall’s 50 year study on chimpanzees she changed the beliefs about chimps forever. In 1960 Jane Goodall began to study the chimps in Gombe‚ Africa so she could learn more about her favorite animal. Thanks to Dr. Louis Leakey‚ an anthropologist and paleontologist‚ and her friend who had invited her to Africa she was able to follow her dream of going to Africa. Before Jane Goodall’s discoveries people didn’t know much about animals. They thought there were no similarities between

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    One of the first people Alan goes to see is a person who believes chimps have more similarities than dissimilarities with humans. To explains one of their similarities as a type of politics. He believes that like humans chimps also develop a type of politics. He shows this by giving the chimps to watermelons and observing what the group of chimpanzees does with them. The two watermelons are taken by the two biggest males in the group while the females are left with nothing. The females begin to pester

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    After watching the documentary film‚ Project Nim‚ I was not surprised at all to hear that many of the scientists involved in the experiment were not convinced that chimps had the ability to ever learn how to properly sign. Several years ago‚ I had watched a YouTube video that touched on experiments like this one where it was stated that chimps‚ much like young human children‚ do not have the ability to understand that there are multiple points of view for the things that go on around them - otherwise

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