Chimpanzees of the Congo: Fact File

 The chimpanzees of the Congo rainforests are very special. Here are 5 fun facts about them.

1. They are very good toolmakers! This trait is found in no other type of chimp.

2. Both types of chimp live in the Congo.

3. One species is called the bonobo, which is only found in the Congo's rainforests.

4. Bonobos are omnivores, but they are in favour of leaves, fruit, meat from small vertebrates like anomalures, flying squirrels and duikers. Sometimes but rarely they eat other bonobos.

5. Common chimpanzees eat mainly fruit, but will also snack on leaves, leaf buds, seeds, blossoms, stems, pith, bark and resin. There are other plants it eats but its favourite meat is that of the western red colobus monkey's.

2 bonobos at the Cincinnati Zoo