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chimpanzee

[chim-pan-zee, chim-pan-zee] / ˌtʃɪm pænˈzi, tʃɪmˈpæn zi /






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The vision was conceived by Jane Goodall, the late, famed chimpanzee expert, and Margarita Pagliai, who founded Seven Arrows and Little Dolphins Preschool in the Palisades.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

If you compare the smartest nonhuman animal, the chimpanzee, to what Mr. Lefebvre regards as the smartest bird, the New Caledonian crow, chimps emerge on top.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

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

Our chimpanzee cousins usually live in small troops of several dozen individuals.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

"We are less intelligent than superintelligent AI. If you ask chimpanzees how humans could wipe them out, they probably wouldn't be able to give you all the right answers."

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

It can also cause habitat destruction and pollution with severe detrimental effects for chimpanzees, other wildlife and the local people — as it already has in neighboring Guinea.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

This information can help us determine what chimpanzees are trying to communicate.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

This carries on until the occasional, inevitable reckoning, when the same chimpanzees all panic and try to sell at the same time.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

“My heavens! You have chimpanzees, and panthers, and baboons, and even a hippopotamus. Nutsawoo will be thrilled.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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