Apes are the closest relatives of humans.0:06
For a long time, people thought that monkeys and apes belonged to the same species of animals.0:09
But scientifically speaking, it is not so.0:15
Monkeys are smaller than apes and they have long tails which they often use as an extra hand.0:19
They easily use both their hands and feet if they want to take something.0:26
Monkeys and apes are primates.0:30
They live in the tropics, especially in rainforests.0:33
Apes and monkeys are common in tropical Africa and Asia.0:37
Monkeys also live in South America.0:42
Probably the most interesting of all are great apes.0:45
This group includes the chimpanzee, gorilla and orangutan.0:49
Apes are the only primates that are human like they look like us, are tailless and have the same diseases as people.0:54
All apes sleep at night.1:04
Some of them make platforms in the trees.1:06
Others make nests on the ground.1:09
Apes mostly eat plants and sometimes kill small animals like insects for food.1:12
Chimpanzees and gorillas spend more time on the ground than in the trees and walk on all fours.1:18
Apes have just one young or, from time to time, twins.1:25
They travel in family groups of 30 or 40.1:30
Apes live 30 years or more.1:34
They carry their babies in one arm like human mothers, or place them on their backs.1:36
Chimps are very curious and often friendly and peaceful.1:42
Gorillas become aggressive only when they defend their territory.1:47
Apes are very clever animals, second only to humans.1:52
They can understand the vocabulary of up to several hundred words and symbols.1:56
Chimps often use branches, stones and boxes on which they stand to get their food.2:01
Some scientists even believe that apes can count.2:08
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