animal communication-chimpanzee

today, i learnt about animal communication..it's quite interesting..belajar pasal kucing, burung, dolphin...but the most interesting is about chimpanzee..1 of my friends (lah) really love this kind of animal..die cakap binatang ni comel..i tak tahu la mane comelnye..maybe this chimpanzee is a part of his life...hehe..meh tengok same tak???

haish...same kot..haha...patot la die suke sangat..see..due2 muke innocent je...

ok2..lets just finish it here..now, i will share a bit about chimpanzee..yang di copy paste je..but really intersting i think...=)

While humans and primates share 99.9% of their genetic make-up, the one, most important, difference amongst the two species is the ability to communicate in a defined language. Even though chimps are not able to speak human language, they still have found a way to communicate things to one another. 

One way that Chimps have developed to communicate is through different types of vocal calls. When chimps find food, they began to make different types of grunts, barks and pant hoots in order to let others know the location of the food source. Each individual chimpanzee has their own “pant-hoot” that distinctively identifies one chimp from another. This allows other monkeys to know immediately which monkey is making the call. When chimps return from a hunt after successfully killing a prey, they began to make intensely excited calls to alert the others of the success of the mission. Finally, when a monkey comes upon something particularly unusual or potentially dangerous, the chimp emits a savage-sounding, “WRAAAAAA” to let the others know of the danger.

 Chimps are also able to communicate to each other through bodily gestures and postures. Physical contact is essential in the monkey community as it can relate emotions such as anger, fear, happiness and aggressiveness. When chimps are angry, they often show this by standing upright on their hind legs, waving their arms and sometimes even throwing branches and rocks. This allows other chimps in the area to be aware and steer clear of this monkey. If you’ve ever watched a monkey at the zoo, when they are afraid, chimpanzees often begin to grin. This grin, however, is not a happy grin but is instead known as the “Grin of Fear”. The “Grin of Fear” is often closely compared to a human’s nervous smile when laughing at an awkward joke or feeling uncomfortable in a situation. Finally, chimps must find a way to proclaim their dominance to one another and they do this by slapping their hands together, stomping their feet and hurling rocks (very similar to their angry gesture). These gestures are used in order to show a chimp’s aggressiveness without actually having to prove it in a fight.

Finally, many scientists today are attempting to teach chimpanzees how to use American Sign Language, or ASL, in order to communicate with humans. Shortly after Koko, the ape, was taught ASL in the 1970’s, this technique was passed on to Washoe, the chimpanzee. Washoe was able to fully comprehend 132 different words in sign language. In the time since Washoe was taught, four other chimps have been taught ASL and these five chimps now consider themselves a family. They can not only sign to humans, but to each other as well communicating amongst themselves. Washoe was even able to teach sign language to her adopted son without any outside human help. This level of understanding and comprehension was a giant leap in the understanding of chimpanzee intelligence.

ok...that all for our class today..we continue in our next class..ecece..da cam teacher lax..haha...

thanks......<3