Converse of object

• orphan: Save the rainforests and feed orphaned chimpanzees for free!

• protect: The human polio vaccine has been used to protect chimpanzees in the wild.

• include: It will be home to a number of endangered primates, including chimpanzees.

• see: We can go to Africa, to see a pink chimpanzee.

• find: A STUNNED burglary victim last night told how he woke up to find a chimpanzee stealing his mobile phone.

• study: From 1979 to 1985, Swiss researchers were studying chimpanzees.

Adjective modifier

• captive: There are approximately 2,000 captive chimpanzees in the United States.

• wild: This barbaric trade poses a serious threat to the survival of the wild chimpanzee.

• female: Cathy Cathy is a female chimpanzee who was rescued from a French laboratory.

• male: Simon Simon is a male chimpanzee who was found tethered to a post at a gasoline station in Spain.

• young: A study of young chimpanzees living in the wild might explain the biological reason why infant girls tend to learn faster than infant boys.

• modern: This type of evolutionary event not only led to the evolution of modern humans but also of modern chimpanzees and modern gorillas.

Modifies a noun

• sanctuary: Cameroon has three chimpanzee sanctuaries, all of which are constantly trying to keep up with the flow of orphans.

• genome: Recently, the draft sequence of the chimpanzee genome has opened up new possibilities in this area.

• kidney: Morphology of the chimpanzee kidney: a comparison with man.

• virus: The University of Alabama team, headed by Dr. Beatrice Hahn, went on to determine the genetic sequences of the chimpanzee viruses.

• cannot: Data obtained on chimpanzees cannot be extrapolated safely to the human situation.

Noun used with modifier

• pygmy: The photo of two young male bonobos ( pygmy chimpanzees ) happily engaged in fellatio is particularly endearing.

• orphan: Primates Investigate the changing group dynamics of captive orphan chimpanzees in a sanctuary situation.

• baby: The baby chimpanzees are then smuggled by boat or plane, across the world.