We are participating in
Louis's Endangered Species challenge today.
Louis is Blogville's arts and entertainment director. We accepted this challenge to increase awareness that so many of our beautiful animal brothers and sisters are in danger of completely disappearing from this Earth. We can't let that happen!
For our endangered species, we chose the chimpanzee.
Like us, chimps are highly social animals, care for their offspring
for years and can live to be over 50. In fact, chimpanzees are our
closest cousins; we share about 98 percent of our genes.
In their habitat in the forests of central Africa, chimpanzees
spend most of their days in the tree tops. When they do come down to
earth, chimps usually travel on all fours, though they can walk on their
legs like humans for as far as a mile. They use sticks to fish termites
out of mounds and bunches of leaves to sop up drinking water.
Lately, people enter forests where chimpanzees live. The Chimpanzees
have been getting sick from people's diseases. In addition, people are
hunting the chimpanzees. Their numbers are becoming fewer and fewer.
Thank you, Louis, for giving us the opportunity to let others know about these smart and fun-loving chimps! They're such special animals♥
Love ya lots♥
Molly and Mackie
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Molly and Mackie I love your report on Chimpanzees and don't you look cute with them. I had heard human disease were being taken into the forest but I didn't realize the toll it had taken
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We joined in on the Endangered Animals project also. The chimp sure looks happy to be spending some time with you two. To just hunt a species to death is horrid. We have to work now like Noah to save them all.
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Sweet William The Scot
We always wanted a chimp. Probably why mom calls us monkey sometimes
ReplyDeleteLily & Edward
His little face just says it all.
ReplyDeletestella rose
Oh yes, chimpanzees are wonderful aren't they, I do luffs watching them on the TeeVees
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Princess Leah xxx
I cannot believe that we forgot about the endangered species day. Bad mama! We have chimpanzee rescue here in our city where chimps that have been used in research are able to retire and live a happy life.
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Sully
Thank you for letting us know about the problems chimps have today because of humans. Mom used to love to go to the MOnkey House at Forest Park in Springfield, MA when she was a little girl and watch all the chimps peel oranges and bananas to eat. Louis's event has been very educational for us today.
ReplyDeleteWoos - Lightning and Misty
Chimps are so cute!
ReplyDeleteWe love chimps. Thank you for letting us know about their plight.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you pups had fun hanging out with those chimps!!!
ReplyDeletethis was very interesting! We did not know that Chimpanzee's were endangered.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea that Louis had for this challenge
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Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel
That's a very sweet looking chimp. I wish that we humans weren't driving so many species to the brink of extinction our "us first" attitude.
ReplyDeleteThanks fur pawticipating. It is so good that Blogville cares about endangered anipals!
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Louis Dog Armstrong
We saw YOU TWO and the Chimps at Louis D. Armstrong's Blog... OMD we think this is a grand thingy that Louis thought up... Blogville brought the plight of all these animals and insects out fur all to see... and Maybe even HELP them to SURVIVE FUR EVER.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post!! We loved learning more about the chimpanzee. It'a been great learning all about some cool endangered species today!!
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Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
Crikey Molly and Mackie .... so many endangered species, aye?? Mum and I loved hearing about the chimps. Thanks for reminding us about them.
ReplyDeletewhat a great post! I agree with you this funny human-like friends need our protection... the mama always cried when she saw them dressed and forced to do embarrassing things during the 80's in a show...
ReplyDeleteIt's been interesting reading about all the endangered species today. We hope the awareness helps keep them alive.
ReplyDeleteI somehow missed this day and wish I had known about it. I love chimps and I am so sad they are being hurt by human disease and loss of habitat.
ReplyDeleteSusan, it makes me happy to see this post about endangered animals - thank you. And thank you for your comment on the hollyhocks-to-be. It's really going to be slow - a fussy, detailed work.
ReplyDeleteKathryn
This is a wonderful post! We care too
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