Talk:Ape

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Rewording....

Under Behavior -

"...chimpanzees live in larger troops with bonobos exhibiting promiscuous sexual behaviour..."

Hubba, hubba! Is there another way to word this? .^_^.

Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 17:32, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

No, we should leave it. "Promiscuous" is a proper biological term when applied to bonobos and other animals with multiple indiscriminate partner choice. It doesn't carry the judgmental term as when used for some humans. ElizaBarrington (talk) 06:36, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

@ElizaBarrington -- I'm sorry to have been unclear.

I meant that the clause, "...chimpanzees live in larger troops with bonobos exhibiting promiscuous sexual behavior...", makes it sound as though chimps cohabitate (live) with sexually promiscuous bonobos, but do NOT cohabitate (live) with bonobos that are sexually chaste.

To my knowledge, no chimpanzees live with any bonobos, sexually demonstrative or not. If I am wrong and chimps DO live with bonobos that are sexually promiscuous, forget I bought this up. (In that instance, is this article suggesting that the two species form interbreeding troops?)

However, I do not think any chimpanzees live with any bonobos at all and the clause is just plain awkward. Or at least I cannot find a source for your information. In which case, for clarity, I would add a Harvard comma after "...chimpanzees live in larger troops < , > ..." and change 'with' to 'while'.

Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 16:08, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

@ElizaBarrington -- Also change 'exhibiting' to 'exhibit' and add something about living in small troops.

Thanks again, Wordreader (talk) 16:48, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

That chimp/ bonobo confusing sentence is still in there. I'd suggest maybe making it two separate sentences.

After re-reading, I see no reason it needs to be one sentence.

It's two discrete and disparate facts jammed together in a sort of flowery poetry that isn't encyclopedic, even if its meaning was clear, which it is not. ~ ElizaBarrington (talk) 09:00, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 April 2026

I request for where it says "include tailless primates" to be changed to "include tailless monkeys" please. ~2026-22322-77 (talk) 18:37, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

 Not done. Why? –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 20:20, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Because monkeys and apes are different animals, that's why. ~2026-22434-99 (talk) 11:11, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 April 2026

I request for where it says "can include tailless primates" to be changed to "can include tailless monkeys", since monkeys and apes are different animals. ~2026-24708-28 (talk) 17:13, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

 Not done Because "primates" is a more inclusive term that includes other members of Primates in addition to monkeys. That, and you've already made this request before; I would recommend providing a verifiable citation to support your request if you want to make this request again. Mr Fink (talk) 19:23, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 May 2026

I request for where it says "gibbons, or lesser apes" to be changed to "gibbons (lesser apes)", since gibbons are the only lesser apes. ~2026-26556-44 (talk) 15:42, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: The existing wording is in parallel with the wording that follows. UtherSRG (talk) 18:51, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Another point of confusion...

Greetings -- Under Taxonomic classification and phylogeny, Genus Nomascus, the Yellow-cheeked gibbon, N. gabriellae, has an adorable photograph linked to it. Cute!

However, in the same section, the Northern buffed-cheeked gibbon, N. annamensis, the same photograph is attached to this species. On their separate Wiki pages, the text states that little annamensis resembles little gabreillae, but does not say that they are identical.

Do the photos need to be sorted out or should the annamensis text be changed to say that the species are identical? I also notified the Nomascus ammamensis talk page about this.

Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 18:07, 3 May 2026 (UTC)