“Chimps very much cooperate with individuals outside their particular kinship group and do build bonds with humans,” Atencia points out, “so it is possible that if two separate great ape species were brought together, they could work together.
“What that means is, great apes work together for a common good, goal, or in ways that benefit both parties, and it is not out of the question to think this would extend to other species.”Ītencia admits that there isn’t much documented evidence of chimps working together with other primates - either great apes or non-great apes - but that doesn’t mean the scenario should be ruled out altogether. “Primates are social in nature, and have been documented to be altruistic, especially in a reciprocal situation,” Atencia tells Inverse. Is it realistic to think that different species of apes could work together? According to Rebeca Atencia, the lead veterinarian and head of the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center, founded by the Jane Goodall Institute in the Republic of Congo, that scenario isn’t completely science fiction. To survive, apes across species - chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, and orangutans - form an alliance, united under a single rallying cry: “Apes together strong.” Most of the human population has been killed by the simian flu, and those who remain are hell-bent on destroying the intelligent apes that got an evolutionary leg up from the virus. In War For the Planet of the Apes, humans and apes alike are living in fear.
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