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Sugar cane's sweet flavor and high energy levels appeal to chimpanzees. Because of their innate ability to perceive and seek out sweet smells, sugar cane is a tasty reward for them. Chimpanzees often eat fruits, leaves, and other plant components in the wild, therefore sugar cane's inherent sweetness fits with their preferred diet. Additionally, due to their energetic and nimble lifestyle in their natural habitat, the high sugar content of sugar cane gives them a quick source of energy. To maintain the chimpanzees' health and well-being, it is crucial to make sure that any human contact with them or their food is done sensibly and with care.

The chimps of Group 2 in Chimp Eden, South Africa are doing their grooming session whilst wild child Zeena plays with Thabu and Thomas, getting ready for the weekend ahead!

Chimpanzee males often use objects such as the drum in the video in order to assert their dominance and show of their strength, which Amadeus of Group 3 has no shortage of. In the wild, Chimpanzees break branches and kick against hollow tree stumps to achieve the same goal.

If you ask us what's our favorite day of the week our answer will be- Friday! That’s the best day of the week! You've made it to the end of another working week, and for those of us who don't work weekends, two blissful days of relaxing and socializing lie ahead! And those last hours at work seem like the most extended hours ever. But, we are not alone in this thing called a job! Ah the joy of dancing, right? Dancing makes everything better! Dancing keeps your body dynamic, much the same as some other game or exercise would do. Not the mention the amount of fun you have when you bust a move! Dancing is the medium through which we show the world who we indeed are. Deep down we all know that we are not ordinary and we can truly show our uniqueness cover with many layers of personality and talent woven in such a way that no one on earth could have. This chimpanzee knows how to welcome to the weekend, and what better way to do it than by dancing your socks off! Take a look at his incredible moves. Each chimpanzee, like us humans, has their very own unique personalities, and we can see it clearly with this precious boy Marco. He is definitely looking forward to this weekend! Marco is really talented <a href="https://rumble.com/v76pgr-chimpanzee-drawing-and-painting.html" target="_blank">chimpanzee</a> and we think this video is really amazing. It made us dance too! Do you like dancing? Dancing is the best stress reliever, and this amazing chimpanzee just proofed to us, that a little music and some dance moves can make your day better. Just like humans, animals love music too. However, from all the animals, parrots are the most musical animals from all. Just take a look at this <a href="https://rumble.com/v6ape1-parrot-bounces-on-perch-while-other-one-is-along-for-the-ride.html" target="_blank">hilarious parrot literally can’t stop dancing</a> and we are in love with it! White-bellied caiques have a lot of energy and are very playful. Green Quakers tend to be more reserved and quite cheeky. These two birds are an unlikely match, but Loki and Willie are best friends. Loki the white-bellied caique loves to bounce away on his favorite perch, and Willie wants to be near him. So that means he's going for a ride whether he likes it or not. Animals are the best dancers! Did you like this video? Don’t forget to share this video to make someone happy too!

Need we be reminded that we can all relate to our closest relative in the animal kingdom, a creature that shares 98 percent of our genetic identity? Look at how loving this chimpanzee family is toward their baby. It could be a typical summer picnic for any suburban family. Mom initiates the play, but dad can’t resist and soon joins in. The ancient rules of play apply here, just as they do in our own lives: to play with the baby, one must become the baby. Rolling in the grass, head to head, assuming the submissive postures so that Junior can win the mock battle. In every way we could easily substitute ourselves in the mix and we would know exactly what to do, what is expected of us. It’s hard to tell if such life forms as snakes or sharks play with each other, much less play with their young ones. It’s very likely they don’t. But so many mammals do, from whales to apes, dogs and of course kittens, horses, cows, and all types of barnyard critters. There’s even a video of a baby goat using a goliath pig as a sort of hill. The pig lies tolerantly as the little wiseacre jumps onto his back, pounces up and down, then slides back to earth, only to repeat the play at the expense of the not-so-poor hog. What lessons might be learned from this familial romp? Certainly at its heart is bonding, and the recognition of safety in the family. We hear so much about dysfunctional families. Perhaps it’s the dysfunctional family that leads to the expansion of the human race across the globe? For, if we could stand to be near the people we grew up with, wouldn’t we still be with them? And it could be that is precisely how cohesion of chimp tribes is reinforced, because every action they take and every mood they have is consequential to the group. Because of their close relation to humans, at least on a primitive level, we can generalize <a href="https://rumble.com/v30n59-man-adopts-baby-chimp.html" target="_blank">chimp</a> to human behaviors, extrapolating intent. Maybe it’s because their physical form is so similar to our own. It’s not just that we can understand in a poetic, purely emotional sense what <a href="https://rumble.com/v41xhw-family-returns-to-africa-after-living-in-wild-for-years.html" target="_blank">Mowgli</a> must be thinking when he arches himself like a cage over little Amari, but that if the chimps saw us doing the same to our own baby, or even to one of theirs, they would also know what we meant by it. These creatures don’t have to pick up their cues from human example. Play is innate to their soul. Clearly the adults know how to be gruff, but not abusive. Play wrestling is interspersed with lying down together, chewing on straw, and pondering the movements and forms of the clouds overhead. It looks as though a friendship is being permanently forged. Perhaps Mowgli looked into Amari’s eyes and said, “hey, little buddy,” and that was that! Instantly bonded, inseparable for life. Just the way it happens for us.

Since the beginning of time, creatures of this planet have been faced with challenges and strife. Kill or be killed. Eat or be eaten. Survival of the fittest and so on. But one constant has also always rung true and has separated those that simply live and those which thrive. Indomitable will and persistence to achieve what you desire has always been the roots of the strongest trees and the fodder of the most successful. When this <a href="https://rumble.com/v41znp-chimpanzee-reacts-to-ipad-magic.html" target="_blank">Chimpanzee</a>, living in a refuge in South Africa was given an opportunity for glory, he seized the moment. No, one orange per hand would not do. Not today. Instead, he filled his arms full of the sweet citric sustenance to bursting. But lo, not even this was enough to quell the chimps hungry. He looked to himself to find strength, and also noticed his feet. Those feet which were used to grasp another orange and then another. But it was still not enough. In one final display of ultimate superiority, the Chimp placed a single orange in his toothed maw to show once and for all that he alone was the true king of his domain and lord of all things fruit! This video captures a truly intriguing event. Showing the sometimes comical behavior of man's closest biological relative. If we had to guess how many oranges we could carry with nothing but our bodies, we would be inclined to estimate 6-8 would be possible without constantly dropping them to the floor. However, this creature shows intuition and a willingness to succeed that exceeds our own. We would not have thought to place one in our mouth nor would we have dreamt of using our feet! This display also brings a smile to anyone who watches it as we have all been there to some degree. Whether it be trying to carry all the bags of groceries in a single go or seeing how many empty aluminum cans you can carry at once to the trash bin without them falling to the floor in a clattering cacophony that rivals the eruption of Krakatoa. What's more is that this chimp is totally owning it and winning. Not a single <a href="https://rumble.com/v60xdl-baby-eating-oranges.html" target="_blank">orange</a> falls as he moves deliberately through his enclosure to where ever he plans to indulge in the tasty treats. We oftentimes forget how close we are to our Simian counterparts and displays like this one bring that to light. Chimps, like us, wish to live peacefully and enjoy a luxury when it can be afforded. This act is also very human, especially when you understand that chimps typically have the capacity of a 2-4 year old human. We can certainly image our children doing this while trying to clean up all of their toys at once, only to make an even larger mess than before when they trip over the blocks they don’t care to notice. In the end, this chimp wanted something and he went out and got it. In fact, he got a dozen of them and if that can't bring at least a smirk to your face then you should look at the fruit in your hand. It's probably a sour lemon.