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While the chimps' modest colony is just beginning to coalesce, a population-wiping plague has put the primates on a level playing field with the human race.
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Instead of urinating alone, the chimps appeared to urinate together, at around the same time, with one chimp initiating the behavior and other chimps continuing it.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
Several other young chimps in their community were also seen making the motion, but none did so with regularity or with the same intent.
—Brandon Keim, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Future studies might investigate the behavior among wild chimps, as well as among other social species.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Instead of urinating alone, the chimps appeared to urinate together, at around the same time, with one chimp initiating the behavior and other chimps continuing it.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
Several other young chimps in their community were also seen making the motion, but none did so with regularity or with the same intent.
—Brandon Keim, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Future studies might investigate the behavior among wild chimps, as well as among other social species.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Chimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chimp. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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chimp
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ˈchimp 
ˈshimp
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