Approach Quote by Frans de Waal

The chimpanzees taught me a lot about nonverbal communication. The big difference between them and us is that they don't have spoken language. Everything…

— Jane Goodall

A chimpanzee who is really gearing up for a fight doesn't waste time with gestures but just goes ahead and attacks.

— Frans de Waal

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

The best relationship you can have with a chimpanzee is total mutual trust.

— Jane Goodall

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

— 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

“bonobos, related to chimpanzees and native to the Congo, have been found to engage in French kissing.”

— Karen Shanor

It is well known that apes in the wild offer spontaneous assistance to each other, defending against leopards, say, or consoling distressed companions with…

— Frans de Waal

One cannot watch chimpanzee infants for long without realizing that they have the same emotional need for affection and reassurance as human children.

— Jane Goodall

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

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

— 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