Wednesday, October 28, 2009

All About Chimps!

Chimpanzees are more like humans than researchers previously thought. In a new study performed in Japan, chimps helped other chimps get juice by passing them objects such as straws (to drink the juice) or sticks (to reach straws they couldn't reach). Right-click and open in new window to this webpage to watch a quick video of this.

After watching this video, answer the following:
1. Write a short summary of the video (1 main idea sentence and 2 supporting detail sentences).

After completing the summary, go to this webpage (right-click; open in new window). Look at the 5 pictures and read the 14 slides. Then answer the following:
2. Chimpanzees are omnivores. Give 4 examples of what they can eat.
3. Look at picture 5 of 5. Why is this chimpanzee holding a stick?
4. Read slide 7 of 14. Why do you think chimpanzee numbers have gotten smaller?
5. How far can a chimpanzee's food call go?

13 comments:

klaus said...

1.IT is about chimppanzees and how ther like humouns and how ther wher passing a stick around when they wher never tought how to do it.
2.chimppanzees eat ,fish ,grass,inseacks, nuts.
3.to explane what wher reading.
4.becase lots of them skaterd all ofer the world.
5.they can live up to five dayes with out food.

richard` said...

1.The chimpanzee is about 121 pounds and 500 kilograms.It lives in Africa.The baby chimpanzee wraps its arm around its mothers stomach to travel places.Its also apart of the monkey family.2.Four things chimpanzeescould eat is

marguerite said...

1.This story was about how Chimpanzees
help each other.

2.Chimpanzees eat nuts,bugs,plants and grass

3.The Chimpanzee is holding a stick because he is might eat it.

4.I think the number of Chimpanzees went down because hunters might have killed or captured them.

5.6 to eight hours a day

Anonymous said...

fgfgfgfgf

marissa said...

1. it is about chimpanzees and how they were asking other chimppanzees for there strowes.
2. chimpanzees eat fruit,leaves,seeds,buds,and insectes.
3. the fith picture the chinpanzee is holding a stick because he is going to grink.
4. i think the numder of chimpanzees have gotin smaller because people are are killing them and they are capturing them and reseaching on them.
5. a chimpanzee food call can go 500 feet.

Emily said...

1. This is a story about how chimpanzee are like people.The chimpanzee pass a stick to the others chimps to get things out side of the cages.
2.Thay eat friut,leaves,seeds,insects,buds,and little animals.
3.To intimidate the others males.
4.they got smaller because hunters hunt them.
5.six to eght hours.

oceana said...

1.This story is about chimpanzees
are more like human.
2.Chimpanzees eat fruit,leaves,
seeds, and meat off of small animals.
3.Chimpanzees use sticks as missiles or clubs.
4.

joey said...

1. It is about how chimps can behave like humans. Like thay were shown passing a stick to help echother get juse. also asking other chimps if they can have the stick.
2. They caneat mangos,apples,incects,and bananas.
3. Because it is going to use that stick to get termites to eat.
4. Because thay are spreding alot.
5. 5 days.

daniel said...

1. Researchers in japan claim chimpanzees are capible of human like altrueisam. The researchers find out that the chimps past straw and sticks if asked or not asked for without being trained to do so. Researchers say this adds to evidence that chimps are more simalar to humans then any other speices of animals.

2. Chimps eat Baboons, insects, stems, and bark.

3. the chimps is hoding a stick because he wants to give it to his other chimp friend.

4. They gotten smaller because people are hunting them as prices (some people eat them).

5. 2miles

bryant said...

1.Reaserchers in Japan claim that chimpazinees are capabel to humaan life.Reaserchers say that some chimps and humans are really alike if you look at the compasition of ther DNA.

2.Chimpanzees eat fruit,seeds,insects,bark and the meat of small mammals such as babbons.

3.The chimpanzee is holding a stick because chimps eat bark and probably is going to eat it.

4.I think chimpanzee numbers have gotten smaller because people cut down trees and chimps sleep there.

5.A chimpanzee's food call can go to about six to eight hours.

Nia said...

1. Chimpanzees are very much like humans.In this video, it shows that chimpanzees are giving other chimpaneez straws and sticks.
2.Chimpanzees eat fruit,seeds,leaves,buds,bark,steams and bugs.
3.The chimpanzee is holding a stick because maybe it is going to eat it.
4.Chimpanzee numbers are getting smaller because they scattered across 21 nations in africa
5.Three killometers

Cassidy said...

1.This story is about chimpanzizes and how they camunicate with each other they past sticks to each other 59 percent of the time and they also past to each other so they can drink.

2.Chimpanzees can eat fruit,seeds,leaves and and insects.

3.The chimpanzee is holding a stick because he or she is hunting for food in the jungle.

4.The number of chimpazees have gotten smaller because they have scatterd all over the 21 nations.

5.There food call can be heard from 2 miles.
5.

jazmyn said...

1. Chimpanzees are human like creatures.They pass a stick around when they didn't learn it.They pass the stick around to other chimpanzees.
2. The chimpanzees can eat plants,animals,fruit leaves,seeds,buds,bark,steems,
insects,and a small veriety of meat.
3. The chimpanzee is holding a stick because he is hungry and about to eat it.
4. I think chimpanzees' number is getting smaller beacause people are hunting them.
5. A chimpanzees food call can go 3 killimeters.