Bonobo Animals

The Bonobo Average weight of the male is around 95 pounds and average weight of the female is around 82 pounds. Their body is slim and slender and they have lips that are reddish on a black face. They have flatter more open faces with higher foreheads than chimpanzee's. The Bonobos hair has a natural part down the middle. Bonobos are not really a chimpanzee, nor is it a gorilla or an orangutan, it is a very unique creature.  They have very elegant legs that are remarkably long when compared with other ape species. Bonobo infants are born small and develop slower than other ape infants.Bonobos come from a small area of Zaire that is also the home of the Pygmy tribes, hence their name "Pygmy Chimpanzees." Nearly 80% of Zaire is covered by forest, and this forest that the bonobos call home is surpassed in surface area only by the jungles of the Amazon. In the wild it is hard to find bonobos because they are afraid of people. Bonobos live in a female dominated society and because of this the females can be more relaxed. Previously Bonobos were not hunted because it was taboo to hunt or eat them. It is no longer taboo to hunt or eat them because the pgymies are also suffering  from a lack of food and if they can be found they provide a good source of protien to a starving family. It is hard to get people to undert\stand that an animal is endangered when they are starving. One thing in the Bonobos favor is they live in such remote areas that traking them is hard, if not impossible.