It is scary how similar we are to Chimpanzees.

After watching videos about Chimpanzee behavior, I’m a little disturbed about how similar we are them. Chimpanzees are the only other animal, besides us, that will kill without the purposes of eating or mating dominance. They seem to have other human like behaviors, like morning the dead and kissing.

In the Video where we watched the hunting party, I was shocked at how silent the Chimps got. It reminded me of my own military training. We use hand signals to inform the others to freeze or remain silent. While there was no hand singles used, watching the Chimps freeze and listen was eye opening to say the least.

Check out this video of a Chimpanzee Hunting Party.

Scientist have noticed changes in chimpanzee behaviors. These changes are similar to our own changes in culture. This is another behavior that only Humans and Chimp have. Check out this video about the culture of Chimps.

I’m not sure if I like the idea that I’m similar to an animal that I consider inferior. It means one of two things, either we as humans shouldn’t consider ourselves so evolved, or we should be considering Chimps as a close cousin that should be held in a higher regard.

At the very least, we probably should reconsider putting them in small cages. We wouldn’t put a human in such a cage, but we don’t feel that is wrong to do so for chimpanzees.