Fighting Hairless Chimpanzees

The muscular Chimpanzees from the Twycross zoo at Atherstone, England. Jambo and Mongo, a father and son duo are suffering from alopecia, which is the general medical term for hair loss. Twycross Zoo said: The behaviour shown in the film footage was what we refer to as ‘displaying’ rather than fighting – if you watch closely, there was actually very little physical contact. Chimpanzees display like this to retain their places in the social hierarchy, without actually having to physically fight an opponent – it is about intimidating the opponent with lots of noise and bluster instead. Jambo and Mongo, a father and son duo, have hereditary alopecia. They are both very active members of the social group, with Jambo being the alpha male. Jambo who has alopecia, a form of hair loss was born on the 9th June 1982. He has a daughter named Genet. A brown chimp with a bald back. His mum is Coco was born in 1965. Coco’s offspring are Jambo and his half-sister Charlotte. She was born on 28 Sep 1978.