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As our closest relatives, apes are some of the most fascinating species on the planet. Theses intelligent creatures are quite different visually but share many of the same behavioural traits. In the video, we'll dive into the main differences and similarities between the 4 types of apes; chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans & gibbons.

00:00 Reproduction & Life Span/Cycle
02:50 Taxonomy, Location, Population & Conservation
06:08 Physical Characteristics
12:30 Ecology, Diet & Movement
18:02 Behaviour

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Creative Commons Attribution
Tapanuli Orangutan * 3 Tim Laman/WikiCommons CC BY 4.0
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Chimpanzee nest in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda travelmag.com/Flickr CC BY 2.0
Gorilla Nest Jefe Le Gran/WikiCommons CC BY 2.0
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Maps
Eric Gaba, Alphathon, Fobos92, Mariomassone, Luis Fernández García, Chermundy & IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data
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All maps are traced from those on Wikipedia and are distributed under the same CC BYSA 3.0 licence on Wikimedia Commons:
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Editorial Attribution
Chimpanzee standing Ng Chun Kiong / Shutterstock.com

Media & Attribution
Unless stated above, all still images are used under license from Shutterstock.com. Thank you to everyone who makes their work available for use. Covering all of the wonderful species in these videos would not be possible without your incredible work.

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Sources & Further Reading
Listed below are the sources used to create the video.

Sources
Encyclopaedia Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/
Animal Diversity
https://animaldiversity.org/
National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
WWF
https://www.worldwildlife.org/
IUCN Red List
https://www.iucnredlist.org/
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/

Chimpanzee Diet
https://www.nonhumanrights.org/blog/c...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas...
Chimps vs Bonobos
www.bonobos.org/post/howtodistinguishbonobosfromtheirclosecousinschimpanzees
Chimpanzee Hierarchy & Behaviour
https://news.janegoodall.org/2018/07/...
https://pasa.org/awareness/bonobosan...
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/anim...
Bonobo communities
https://qz.com/1033621/scientistsass...
Chimpanzee baby care
https://www.wildchimps.org/aboutchim...

Gorilla Social Groups
https://gorillafund.org/dianfossey/s...
https://gorillafoundation.nl/socials...
Differences in Gorilla subspecies
https://www.wildgorillasafaris.com/di...
Gorilla diet
https://safaripartner.com/blog/whatg...
Gorilla social bonding
https://gorillafund.org/uncategorized...

Orangutan ecology
https://neprimateconservancy.org/suma...
Orangutan colour
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/anim...
Tapanuli Orangutan Morphology
https://www.cell.com/currentbiology/...
Orangutan social behaviour
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/ne...
Orangutan territory
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/...
Orangutan breeding
https://www.orangutan.org.uk/orangutans
Orangutan communication
https://www.borneonaturefoundation.or...
Orangutan tool usage
https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158...

Gibbon social structure
http://www.gibbons.de/main2/08teachte...
https://carta.anthropogeny.org/moca/t...
Gibbon reproduction
https://www.gibboncenter.org/gibbonb...
Gibbon sleeping
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9730212/

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