Ahead Quote by Frans de Waal

Chimps are very quick to have a sudden fight or aggressive episode, but they're equally as good at reconciliation.

— Jane Goodall

Male chimpanzees have an extraordinarily strong drive for dominance. They're constantly jockeying for position.

— Frans de Waal

Chimpanzees, typically, kiss and embrace after fights. They first make eye contact from a distance to see the mood of the others. Then they…

— Frans de Waal

The chimps' way of aggression is quick and brutal. I compare them to gang attacks.

— Jane Goodall

When chimps threaten, they open their mouth and show their teeth. It's a little like waving a knife in front of you. It's very…

— Helen Fisher

It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of…

— Jane Goodall

Wild groups of chimpanzees attack their enemies like gangs. What they completely lack, precisely because of their strong territorial behavior, is a friendly relationship…

— Frans de Waal

Chimps are brutal, and it is so deliberate. The males go out and get near the boundary of their territory. And they walk very…

— Jane Goodall

When it comes to social interaction, the chimpanzees appear to be just as intelligent as we are.

— Frans de Waal

You better not mess with chimps. They are much stronger than humans.

— Jane Goodall

Chimps act the way they feel unless they are afraid of reprisal if they do so. But that doesn't apply to humans.

— Jane Goodall

“Let's put a chimpanzee in a tiny cage fronted by concrete bars. The animal would go berserk, throw itself against the walls, rip out…

— Michel Houellebecq