Bonobo

Fruit is the main food bonobos eat, though they also eat many other plant parts, such as, nuts, stems, shoots, leaves, and roots. They may also eat termites, grubs and worms.

A small area south of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Bonobos inhabit tropical rainforest and newly forested areas.

Although hunting of bonobos is illegal, poaching is still common.

Female bonobos can give birth to one baby about every four and a half years. Their gestation period is around 240 days.

Bonobos are quite social and communicate using their voices. Their diverse vocalizations convey important information, such as where food is located, or express a wide range of emotions, like alarm, anger, excitement, satisfaction and more.

Bonobos live in communities of males and females that can range between 30 and 80 individuals. When food is scarce, they will wet out in smaller groups of up to ten bonobos to search for food. The individuals in these small groups will vary, but being a matriarchal society, the females are always dominant, unlike in most other mammal groups. Every night these troops build new nests for sleeping.