On average, chimpanzees stand just under 5 feet and weigh 60-155 pounds with females being smaller than males. Both genders are covered in coarse black, brown, or ginger hair except for their face, hands, and feet, but will lose hair as they age. The skin that is visible may be pale or dark and will turn pink when a female is ready to mate.

Chimpanzees are one of the four great apes of the world including themselves, gorillas, orangutans, and bonobos. The chimpanzee can be found in a variety of habitats through Africa. Some habitats include savannas, montane forests, woodlands, and swamp forests.

Chimpanzees are omnivores with over half of their diet being fruit-based and the other part including leaves, seeds, bark, insects, birds, honey, and more.

If fruit is limited in areas where chimpanzees and gorillas coexist, the gorillas will usually choose vegetation so the chimps can eat insects.

Chimpanzees mate yearlong but females are more likely to be in oestrus when there is an abundance of food. To increase their chances of success, females will mate with males within their community as well as neighboring communities.

After 8 months, a baby chimpanzee is born solely dependent upon the mother and will not have the strength to ride on her back for at least 5-6 months.

A chimpanzee community can range from 20 to over 150 members. Like humans, they kiss, hug, tickle, and laugh when they play. Chimpanzees will also groom each other to build relationships in the community or calm each other down. Two main forms of communication are facial expressions (such as pouting and showing teeth) and vocalizations that can mean greeting, submitting, or danger.