New Chimp Exhibit

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  snowleopard

• 1 Jan 2009

Is this an impressive exhibit? How new is it?

 

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  James27

• 1 Jan 2009

It was still being built in March 2008, so it can't really be any more than a year old.

 

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  Zebraduiker

• 1 Jan 2009

It was opened shortly after my visit in July 2008.

 

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  Kwambeze

• 3 Jan 2009

Good to see such a green and natural exbith to monkeys at the Berlin Zoo!

 

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  Sun Wukong

• 3 Jan 2009

Ah, chimpanzees are 'monkeys' now...

 

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  Kwambeze

• 3 Jan 2009

???Are not chimps monkeys????

 

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  Sun Wukong

• 3 Jan 2009

No, As members of the Family Hominidae (with us as the only current human species), chimpanzees are Great Apes.

I think the generalising term you are looking for is "primates".

 

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  Kwambeze

• 3 Jan 2009

ok, we swedish people say monkeys to everything from tamarin to gorillas.

 

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  Sun Wukong

• 3 Jan 2009

I doubt that the correct systematic differentiation also name-wise is unheard of in Sweden-and wikipedia seems to confirm my suspicion:

Primater - Wikipedia

 

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  Kwambeze

• 3 Jan 2009

We say in all cases , människo apor (Translated: human monkeys) for Orangutans, chimp and Gorilla. Ore just monkeys fore al the primates.