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Chimpanzee's faces can be many colors, from a light pink to dark black.  Like humans, they have hands, thumbs, feet, and toes.

 Full grown, chimps are about 4 feet tall.  Males weigh between 90 and 120 pounds,  females being only 60 to 110 pounds.

About 100,000 to 200,000 chimpanzees still remain in the wild.

The longest that a chimpanzee has lived in the wild is about 50 years, but in captivity, a chimp has lived to 60 years old.

Chimps have been found in 21 African countries.

Chimpanzees like big tropical rainforests with lots of trees. They can also be found in secondary-growth forests, bamboo forests, woodlands, swamps, and open savanna.  

Chimps eat meat and plants, meaning that they are omnivores.  They eat fruits, nuts, seeds, and bugs.  

Like humans, chimpanzees live in communities.  The communities have about 50 chimps in each one.

Most chimp mothers give birth to one baby about every 5 years in the wild.  Young chimpanzees stay with their mother for up to 10 years.

The only threats that chimpanzees have are hunting by humans, exporting to other countries, and  their habitats being destroyed.

• Once, a chimpanzee in captivity learned over 500 ASL (American Sign Language) signs.

• Chimpanzees share 99% of humans' genes- more than they share with gorillas.  

• Chimps are a lot smarter than monkeys.

• While Jane Goodall was studying chimpanzees in an African country, she observed that they were making tools to help them with everyday tasks.  The chimps made tools out of bamboo, leaves, sticks and other materials found in their habitat.  

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