Chimpanzees Playing & Laughing

Tickling is a response to physical stimulus and is believed to have started as far back as 10-16 million years ago in a common ancestor that apes like us share. Tickling plays a key role in early social physical bonding, especially between mother and child. The laughter that arises from being tickled is not unique to humans. Humans laugh as they exhale, but chimps, for example, can laugh as they breathe in as well.
Enjoy this short bit of contagious play and giggles from the orphan chimps at Mefou Primate Sanctuary run by Ape Action Africa.
All footage for this video was obtained through reputable, ethically-run
wildlife sanctuaries dedicated to caring for their rescued primates, while
protecting their wild counterparts. Apes Like Us (under GLOBIO) and our
partner programs in no way support the exploitation or trade of primates
in any capacity (whether legal or illegal).
The sanctuary caretakers shown in this video are experts at caring for
these vulnerable, orphaned apes until they are strong enough to join
larger primate families at these sanctuaries. Any human contact with these
infants is for the babies' physical and mental benefit only.
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Gerry Ellis
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[@gloomyambivert]

They may be cute and friendly but all will change when the random chimp event comes

[@daniellyons914]

@@bigiron7547 Better stay away from him... he'll rip your face off, Jim!

[@hibiki28]

Indeed

[@Mkrzes]

@@daniellyons914 I'd like to meet his tailor

[@robertpreston2220]

like the human animal

[@adro3828]

Definitely. Once they get older, it will not be controllable anymore.

[@cwnash71]

Awww so funny and amazing. I want to to volunteer for a primate rescue and rehabilitation center one day. Looks so fulfilling.

[@garyberuck5636]

Me too

[@skunk12]

There's work in Detroit.

[@moonfang9943]

Me too!!

[@dawg7608]

Hope your dealing with babies like this because a grown one is all muscle

[@Pavan-hy4wk]

RKO, out of nowhere 0:37

[@omnisystem6030]

Ah nice to see humans playing with their distant cousins

[@misterbearmore4633]

It's so surreal yet so beautiful

[@omnisystem6030]

@@misterbearmore4633 I agree

[@brandonhill1751]

Chimps are our closest not distant cousins

[@joanpetts1430]

There absolutely beautiful and so funny god bless them all hope they all have a happy life 🐵🐒❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰

[@layaldergham3824]

Ommg how cute I never knew chimps could be tickleish😭😭😭😻

[@erinmiller1433]

I love the faces they make when they’re happy

[@993LD]

Who are the 10 serial killers who disliked this video?

[@delilah9334]

They are so cute! Well, at least until they go through puberty, and become able to rip your face off.

[@ApesLikeUs]

Haha...true! Exactly why they need to be in the wild and not with humans. They're far too dangerous to be kept as pets. We hope to try and help more people understand this so that fewer and fewer apes will be stolen from their wild habitats to be kept in cruel situations. Thanks for watching!

[@ZabdielTrejoGalvan]

I crazy to see how these cute creatures can turn into beast

[@avatet2627]

You can say the same about humans

[@samonewortham6551]

Awwww they r having fun

[@MrDanyelhope]

If I could cast the patronus spell, definitely it would be baby chimps form

[@heru-deshet359]

Really makes me happy to watch!

[@ZabdielTrejoGalvan]

Meanwhile the big dad kicks in 💀💀

[@lorilaunius7263]

Me too! Just precious.

[@turing4991]

There can be nothing more human than this.

[@wtfishappening8476]

Perfect!

[@brandonvillatuya9539]

Little adorable killing machines

[@marybranch3858]

How cute to hear them laugh❤❤❤❤

[@pinam2299]

Adorable

[@stephaniegonzalez1082]

Hes lucky 😢

[@DrewMIATL]

I don’t care what anyone says, chimps are the cutest animals in the entire animal kingdom

[@rama7731]

Your children gotta be so ugly then

[@fcogalvi7814]

But also are one of the fews animals who torture for their own enjoyement

[@frankchen4229]

And also the most dangerous

[@animallivesmatter7852]

fco Galvi humans are worse

[@chimpboi20]

humans are worse lets take it from Rama

[@sigrids.4292]

Wundervolle Tiere ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@emmas1082]

Adorable🥰

[@queen_of_domination]

It’s cute to hear them laugh!

[@marciec6862]

🤗

[@evacaraballo2647]

Love to see happiness 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jeannetteloakman3090]

Hi there, we are making an educational kids show for TVO (a public broadcaster in Ontario, Canada). We answer kids questions with our scientists and we have a question about why we laugh? We found your video and we want to show how not just humans laugh but all animals laugh. Please could we use a few seconds from your video here for our show? We would of course credit you. Hoping you might be able to allow us to show these adorable chimpanzees being tickled and laughing - just like us! Thanks in advance, Jeannette

[@TheCoolProfessor]

These creatures never cease to fascinate me. They are so similar to humans in many respects.

[@ApesLikeUs]

You might enjoy our podcast at talkingapes.org where we have many interesting conversations with world experts about this!

[@dbdcoolmanguy3771]

0:36 RKO

[@fee4900]

I love hearing them laugh and be happy. ❤

[@nadialima7513]

😍

[@Sicklyoctane]

this was so cute i want to do this when i grow older

[@c3po277]

You can make chimps laugh by letting them rip your face off.because they do that for fun

[@Sicklyoctane]

@@c3po277 chimps are scary but sometimes very cute i don't want to end up with my eyeballs gone

[@oskarkozlik7881]

So sweet! ❤️🐵

[@ozzy6944]

That have to cutest laugh

[@ApesLikeUs]

agreed! :)

[@MrTwotimess]

Please keep them safe!

[@lionheart1607]

Is this...heaven?

[@kimvuchkovich2687]

😄😄😄😄🤣🥰

[@tsommers3284]

Be still my heart!!

[@sandella11]

💖💖💖💖😆👍😍

[@JL-vx1rb]

Cute

[@methatswho62]

WAY TO CUTE👉🐒🍌🐒

[@2choosewisely2]

is that phun? it looks like lots of phun #travel #adventure #africa

[@hawksandwich4742]

why do you spell fun with a ph

[@nf4866]

*pfun

[@kuro758]

lol phun

[@ropongi1008]

Those look like babies. I have heard adult chimps can be dangerous

[@u.dobbermann9602]

ropongi100 Really??

[@sarahbrown5373]

The chimps who are exposed to this kind of positive environment are showing signs of that aggressive behaviour not necessarily being innate. In the wild, chimps are extremely violent, and they hunt monkeys to kill and eat their young. I've seen adult chimps in zoos viciously bully an urban raccoon who wandered into their enclosure, and learned that this behaviour is typical. However, in the recent years when we've had these apes brought up by humans, living in larger enclosures full of trees, they've happily accepted humans, and are showing signs of being happier in their troups. Mother chimps who trust their carers actually give their sick babies to the carers, trusting them to heal them, and the families are more willing to accept these humans into their enclosures, even greeting them with screams of joy. So, it's beginning to be clear that in the case of chimps, much of their behaviour can depend on their upbringing and environment. This particular organisation allows them to be chimps, communicates with them in their own language, and yet expands their behaviour to include laughter, which up until recently, hadn't ever been heard. In the wild, they don't tickle one another. I think it's wonderful to see them being able to show that positive interaction in a semi-wild environment can have such an impact.

[@sarahbrown5373]

if you compare the interaction between humans and chimps in this organisation with that in most zoos, it's interesting to see why the chimps in zoos are still a little violent. They even fight with each other, whereas the chimp adults in this organisation's care don't. It causes me to think that we're seeing how behaviours in chimps can drastically change if they're cared for by knowledgeable humans who show them other ways to have fun without "humanising" them.

[@ropongi1008]

@@sarahbrown5373 It seems like if Chimps are kept in captivity, they should only be cared for by " experts", and not ordinary pet owners. I don't know have the link , but there was a lady who had her face eaten off many years ago by someone's "pet" chimp. We may be learning more about them every day, but they are not (and probably will never be) domesticated animals. Like any undomesticated animal, they should only be handled by experts ( because there is always a risk, even with an expert)and with caution.

[@sarahbrown5373]

@@ropongi1008 no, they are not domesticated animals. No one said that they were. Nor is anyone advocating turning them into household pets. I did make it clear what kind of environment they were responding best to. It was not zoos. This organisation is the one which actually cares for them their way, but also plays with them. Because these people are experts, they understood that the animals were responding favourably to more care while still being left in such a large enclosure that it was semi-wild, and the chimps' behaviour is having a positive change. However, in no way are they being domesticated. I think that the way chimps behave in zoos is indicative of how they feel about being trapped in a space that's far too small, crowded with spectators and noise, and isn't at all natural. In their wild habitats, they're fighting for food territory, and hunting for meat, because they're naturally omnivores. When they're in the care of such real experts as Apes Like Us, they're herbivores, and their less agressive behaviours come out, which seems to indicate that if conditions were perfect, they were cared for while being left free, they didn't have to hunt for food, etc., they would actually be peacable, happy, and loving animals instead of having the reputation that they currently have. So, I think we're seeing a greater level of insight into their character now. I think we're actaully learning something new about chimps. They would seem to have more layers than we thought, and are not innately violent. It's quite obvious that we can no longer say that chimps are guaranteed to be violent as adults. Even the adults that they care for are happy to see them.

[@busplunger]

I'm guessing these are Bonobo Chimpanzees because I don't seem to viscerally hate them

[@tonyg5132]

These are not bonobos , what are you talking about

[@johnhoney5089]

They're regular chimps. And bonobos aren't that different. I've seen them act like little gremlins about as much as the regs.

[@JesusBichito99]

Not men being more nurturing of monkeys than their own sons. But again, you won't see what you don't like about yourself in a monkey.