gorillas live in Africa’s tropical forests. Mountain gorillas live on cool, misty mountains in Africa.
Chimpanzees and bonobos also live in African forests. Some chimpanzees live on savannas (plains). Gibbons and orangutans live in rain forests in Southeast Asia.
Gibbons live in trees. They use their arms to swing from branch to branch. By swinging through the trees, a gibbon can move faster than you could run. Great apes can also climb trees. Apes have thumbs. They use their fingers and thumbs to grab tree limbs.
Gorillas and chimpanzees spend a lot of time on the ground. They use their long arms and their legs to walk.
WHAT DO APES EAT?
Gorillas and gibbons only eat plants. Orangutans eat plants and insects. Bonobos love fruit, but they also eat other plants and some animals.
Chimpanzees eat many kinds of plants and animals. Bands of chimpanzees often hunt together.
ARE APES ENDANGERED?
Apes in some places are endangered. Forest fires in Southeast Asia killed thousands of orangutans in the late 1990s. Other apes are losing their forest homes. People are cutting down the rain forest for farms and houses.
The mountain gorilla is the most endangered ape. There are only a few hundred mountain gorillas left. Scientists are afraid that these animals might become extinct (die out).
Chimpanzees and bonobos also live in African forests. Some chimpanzees live on savannas (plains). Gibbons and orangutans live in rain forests in Southeast Asia.
Gibbons live in trees. They use their arms to swing from branch to branch. By swinging through the trees, a gibbon can move faster than you could run. Great apes can also climb trees. Apes have thumbs. They use their fingers and thumbs to grab tree limbs.
Gorillas and chimpanzees spend a lot of time on the ground. They use their long arms and their legs to walk.
WHAT DO APES EAT?
Gorillas and gibbons only eat plants. Orangutans eat plants and insects. Bonobos love fruit, but they also eat other plants and some animals.
Chimpanzees eat many kinds of plants and animals. Bands of chimpanzees often hunt together.
ARE APES ENDANGERED?
Apes in some places are endangered. Forest fires in Southeast Asia killed thousands of orangutans in the late 1990s. Other apes are losing their forest homes. People are cutting down the rain forest for farms and houses.
The mountain gorilla is the most endangered ape. There are only a few hundred mountain gorillas left. Scientists are afraid that these animals might become extinct (die out).
