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10 Amazing Ape Facts
1.The fastest way to tell the difference between a monkey and an ape is to look at the tail. Most monkeys have a tail, while apes do not.
2. Apes are divided into two categories: 1) great apes (gorillas, bonobos, chimps, humans, and orangutans, and 2) lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs).
3. A group of apes is called a tribe or a shrewdness.
4. Gibbons, a type of ape, are monogamous. Only 3% of the animal kingdom have one mate at time.
5. Apes use signals to begin and end social interactions, something usually only seen in human interactions.
6. Apes have tear ducts to keep their eyes lubricated and clean, but they don't cry when they are sad. Instead, they will scrunch up their faces and make noises.
7. Siamangs, a lesser ape, have a unique song, and each monogamous pair has a special song.
8. The laughing patterns of human infants match those of great apes.
9. Apes are one of longest living mammals. They can live up to 50 years.
10. Because humans and apes are so similar, diseases can be transferred between them. Infant gorillas in captivity are given the same immunizations as human infants.
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10 Amazing Ape Facts
1.The fastest way to tell the difference between a monkey and an ape is to look at the tail. Most monkeys have a tail, while apes do not.
2. Apes are divided into two categories: 1) great apes (gorillas, bonobos, chimps, humans, and orangutans, and 2) lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs).
3. A group of apes is called a tribe or a shrewdness.
4. Gibbons, a type of ape, are monogamous. Only 3% of the animal kingdom have one mate at time.
5. Apes use signals to begin and end social interactions, something usually only seen in human interactions.
6. Apes have tear ducts to keep their eyes lubricated and clean, but they don't cry when they are sad. Instead, they will scrunch up their faces and make noises.
7. Siamangs, a lesser ape, have a unique song, and each monogamous pair has a special song.
8. The laughing patterns of human infants match those of great apes.
9. Apes are one of longest living mammals. They can live up to 50 years.
10. Because humans and apes are so similar, diseases can be transferred between them. Infant gorillas in captivity are given the same immunizations as human infants.
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