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China: Chimp Returns Kiss From Visitor at Heilongjiang Zoo

On October 13, 2022, in Qiqihar, located in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province, a heartwarming yet amusing scene unfolded at a zoo. A young woman leaned toward the glass enclosure and kissed a chimpanzee through the barrier. The chimp responded with excitement, pressing its lips to the same spot several times.

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File - Jane Goodall

British anthropologist, primatologist and chimpanzee expert, Jane Goodall attends the 'Chimpanzes' (Chimpanzee) film premiere at 'Le Grand Rex', on February 12, 2013 in Paris, France. Local Caption Jane Goodall Photo by Edouard Bernaux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jane Goodall

British anthropologist, primatologist and chimpanzee expert, Jane Goodall attends the 'Chimpanzes' (Chimpanzee) film premiere at 'Le Grand Rex', on February 12, 2013 in Paris, France. Local Caption Jane Goodall Photo by Edouard Bernaux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jane Goodall

British anthropologist, primatologist and chimpanzee expert, Jane Goodall (center) with Jane Goodall Institute director Jeroen Haijtink (right) and Jane Goodall France Institue director David Lefranc (left) attend the 'Chimpanzes' (Chimpanzee) film premiere at 'Le Grand Rex', on February 12, 2013 in Paris, France. Local Caption Jane Goodall, David Lefranc, Jeroen Haijtink Photo by Edouard Bernaux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jane Goodall

British anthropologist, primatologist and chimpanzee expert, Jane Goodall attends the 'Chimpanzes' (Chimpanzee) film premiere at 'Le Grand Rex', on February 12, 2013 in Paris, France. Local Caption Jane Goodall Photo by Edouard Bernaux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jane Goodall

British anthropologist, primatologist and chimpanzee expert, Jane Goodall attends the 'Chimpanzes' (Chimpanzee) film premiere at 'Le Grand Rex', on February 12, 2013 in Paris, France. Local Caption Jane Goodall Photo by Edouard Bernaux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jane Goodall

British anthropologist, primatologist and chimpanzee expert, Jane Goodall attends the 'Chimpanzes' (Chimpanzee) film premiere at 'Le Grand Rex', on February 12, 2013 in Paris, France. Local Caption Jane Goodall Photo by Edouard Bernaux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jane Goodall

British anthropologist, primatologist and chimpanzee expert, Jane Goodall attends the 'Chimpanzes' (Chimpanzee) film premiere at 'Le Grand Rex', on February 12, 2013 in Paris, France. Local Caption Jane Goodall Photo by Edouard Bernaux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Kid Interacts With A Chimpanzee At A Zoo - Sri Lanka

Chimpanzees are seen at a zoo in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, on July 20, 2025. Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Kid Interacts With A Chimpanzee At A Zoo - Sri Lanka

A chimpanzee is seen at a zoo in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, on July 20, 2025. Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Kid Interacts With A Chimpanzee At A Zoo - Sri Lanka

A kid interacts with a chimpanzee at a zoo in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, on July 20, 2025. Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Kid Interacts With A Chimpanzee At A Zoo - Sri Lanka

A chimpanzee is seen at a zoo in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, on July 20, 2025. Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Kid Interacts With A Chimpanzee At A Zoo - Sri Lanka

A kid interacts with a chimpanzee at a zoo in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, on July 20, 2025. Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Internet celebrity chimpanzee "Sammy" plays with hydrangea at Nanning Zoo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Chimpanzee "Sammy", an Internet celebrity at Nanning Zoo, interacts with visitors in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Internet celebrity chimpanzee "Sammy" plays with hydrangea at Nanning Zoo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Chimpanzee "Sammy", an Internet celebrity at Nanning Zoo, interacts with visitors in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Chimpanzee "Sammy", an Internet celebrity at Nanning Zoo, interacts with visitors in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Internet celebrity chimpanzee "Sammy" plays with hydrangea at Nanning Zoo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Internet celebrity chimpanzee "Sammy" plays with hydrangea at Nanning Zoo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Chimpanzee "Sammy", an Internet celebrity at Nanning Zoo, interacts with visitors in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Chimpanzee "Sammy", an Internet celebrity at Nanning Zoo, interacts with visitors in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Internet celebrity chimpanzee "Sammy" plays with hydrangea at Nanning Zoo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - "Sammy", an Internet celebrity chimpanzee at Nanning Zoo, eats five-color sticky rice prepared by staff in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Internet celebrity chimpanzee "Sammy" plays with hydrangea at Nanning Zoo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - "Sammy", an Internet celebrity chimpanzee at Nanning Zoo, eats five-color sticky rice prepared by staff in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Chimpanzee "Sammy", an Internet celebrity at Nanning Zoo, interacts with visitors in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Chimpanzee "Sammy", an Internet celebrity at Nanning Zoo, interacts with visitors in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - "Sammy", an Internet celebrity chimpanzee at Nanning Zoo, eats five-color sticky rice prepared by staff in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Chimpanzee "Sammy", an Internet celebrity at Nanning Zoo, interacts with visitors in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - "Sammy", an Internet celebrity chimpanzee at Nanning Zoo, eats five-color sticky rice prepared by staff in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Chimpanzee "Sammy", an Internet celebrity at Nanning Zoo, interacts with visitors in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Internet celebrity chimpanzee "Sammy" plays with hydrangea at Nanning Zoo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Internet celebrity chimpanzee "Sammy" plays with hydrangea at Nanning Zoo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Internet celebrity chimpanzee "Sammy" plays with hydrangea at Nanning Zoo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - "Sammy", an Internet celebrity chimpanzee at Nanning Zoo, eats five-color sticky rice prepared by staff in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Internet Celebrity Chimpanzee Sammy

NANNING, CHINA - MARCH 25, 2025 - Internet celebrity chimpanzee "Sammy" plays with hydrangea at Nanning Zoo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China on March 25, 2025.

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Chimpanzee

Photo taken April 5, 2024, shows a chimpanzee at a zoo in Kochi, western Japan.

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Chimpanzee

Photo taken April 4, 2024, shows a chimpanzee at a zoo in Kochi, western Japan.

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Chimpanzee escapes from Osaka zoo

Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a female chimpanzee on a tree in Tennoji Zoo in Osaka after it escaped from its enclosure earlier in the day, leaving the zoo closed throughout the day. The chimpanzee was captured several hours later, after biting a veterinarian in the face.

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Chimpanzee escapes from Osaka zoo

Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, where a female chimpanzee escaped from its enclosure earlier in the day. The chimpanzee was captured several hours later, after biting a veterinarian in the face.

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Chimpanzee escapes from Osaka zoo

Visitors evacuate from Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on Oct. 17, 2023, after a female chimpanzee escaped from its enclosure earlier in the day. The chimpanzee was captured several hours later, after biting a veterinarian in the face. ==Kyodo

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Shanghai Wild Animal Park

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 10, 2023 - A mother and baby chimpanzee walk at the National 5A tourist attraction Safari Park in Shanghai, China, September 10, 2023.

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Chimpanzee in Spain chosen as Wild Animal Unique Personality Award finalist

STORY: Chimpanzee in Spain chosen as Wild Animal Unique Personality Award finalist DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of chimpanzees in the Mona Foundation 2. various of Nico STORYLINE: Nico is one of the chimpanzees that live at the Mona Foundation in the town of Riudellots de la Selva, in northern Spain, and is among the 5 finalists for the Wild Animal Unique Personality Award granted by World Animal Protection, an entity that wants to sensitize people about the protection of wild species. Nico arrived at the center in 2004 and is competing for this world prize with a brown bear from Romania, an anteater from Costa Rica, an elephant from Cambodia and a puma from Costa Rica who, like him, also live in reserves and wildlife protection centers animals. This chimpanzee will soon be 23 years old and has always had health problems. He was the first non-human primate to be diagnosed with Chiari syndrome, a malformation that affects the ne

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TANZANIA-GOMBE NATIONAL PARK-CHIMPANZEE

(230906) -- KIGOMA, Sept. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 2, 2023 shows chimpanzees in Gombe National Park in Tanzania. Located in northwestern Tanzania, Gombe National Park is one of Tanzania's smallest national parks, but rich in flora and fauna including the endangered chimpanzees. (Xinhua/Xie Hao)

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TANZANIA-GOMBE NATIONAL PARK-CHIMPANZEE

(230906) -- KIGOMA, Sept. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 2, 2023 shows a chimpanzee in Gombe National Park in Tanzania. Located in northwestern Tanzania, Gombe National Park is one of Tanzania's smallest national parks, but rich in flora and fauna including the endangered chimpanzees. (Xinhua/Xie Hao)

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TANZANIA-GOMBE NATIONAL PARK-CHIMPANZEE

(230906) -- KIGOMA, Sept. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 2, 2023 shows a chimpanzee in Gombe National Park in Tanzania. Located in northwestern Tanzania, Gombe National Park is one of Tanzania's smallest national parks, but rich in flora and fauna including the endangered chimpanzees. (Xinhua/Xie Hao)

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TANZANIA-GOMBE NATIONAL PARK-CHIMPANZEE

(230906) -- KIGOMA, Sept. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 2, 2023 shows a view of Gombe National Park in Tanzania. Located in northwestern Tanzania, Gombe National Park is one of Tanzania's smallest national parks, but rich in flora and fauna including the endangered chimpanzees. (Xinhua/Xie Hao)

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UGANDA-ENTEBBE-CHIMPANZEE DAY

(230715) -- ENTEBBE, July 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chimpanzees are pictured by a creek at Uganda Wildlife Education Conservation Center (UWEC) in Entebbe, Uganda, July 14, 2023. The World Chimpanzee Day falls on July 14 each year. (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-ENTEBBE-CHIMPANZEE DAY

(230715) -- ENTEBBE, July 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children visit the Uganda Wildlife Education Conservation Center (UWEC) to celebrate the World Chimpanzee Day in Entebbe, Uganda, July 14, 2023. The World Chimpanzee Day falls on July 14 each year. (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)