Question: How Do Chimpanzees Interact?

Edward Codling answered on 13 Jun 2011:

I am not really an expert on chimps so I can’t really answer this properly. I do know chimps are very similar to humans. In fact humans are somewhere inbetween chimps and gorillas in terms of behaviour. Gorillas are very calm and gentle and live in small family groups. Chimps live in bigger groups and are much more argumentative and aggressive – but they are still very social animals. Which animal do you think humans are more like? 😉

However, both chimps and gorillas are very clever and they are not that different from us – hence we should treat them with respect as much as possible.