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Primatologists estimate that the chimps located at these study sites consume approximately 10 pounds of fruit, which accounts for around three-quarters of their daily diet on average, according to the news release.
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
The total would be higher if the chimps chose riper fruits with higher sugar content.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
Visitors can potentially see the baby chimp at zoo, but she may be hidden or hard to see.
—Emma George-Griffin, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
But where chimps might merely poke over the ashes, our lineage at some point took the next step in promoting and even domesticating the flames — perhaps picking a smoldering stick from the edges of one grassland, and lighting the grassland in the next valley over.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
The total would be higher if the chimps chose riper fruits with higher sugar content.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
Visitors can potentially see the baby chimp at zoo, but she may be hidden or hard to see.
—Emma George-Griffin, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
But where chimps might merely poke over the ashes, our lineage at some point took the next step in promoting and even domesticating the flames — perhaps picking a smoldering stick from the edges of one grassland, and lighting the grassland in the next valley over.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Chimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chimp. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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chimp
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ˈchimp 
ˈshimp
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