Watching baby animals play and explore the world around them is always entertaining, especially when they do funny things you wouldn’t normally expect. Take this baby chimpanzee at the North Carolina Zoo for instance. He learned a new game recently and couldn’t get enough of it!
TikToker @heather_kay_still was in the right place at the right time and got to watch the silly chimp’s antics. He realized if he climbed up a tree and let himself free fall, the bushes below would break his fall. Once he started, he continued to do the same thing over and over, much to the delight of the onlookers!
We wish Heather’s video was longer! It’s like we could almost hear him standing there and counting, “1, 2, 3!” before making his big jump. The whole thing was too cute!
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Commenters’ Funny Reactions to the Baby Chimpanzee’s Antics
People were just as smitten with the baby chimp as we were and left some entertaining comments about his antics. Like @crazyfissh, who was spot on when they said, “His mom told him like 100 times to stop doing that, guaranteed!”
Commenter @Roxy pointed out, “He’s doing a trust fall with the trees.” @chyna said what the baby was thinking, “He’s like, ‘What if I just…’ LOL!” @Black Thoughts said simply, “Such a showboat…”
@Sarah Marsh shared another sweet story, “Watched a baby orangutan at a zoo once for like 2 hours. The zookeeper was talking about them and demonstrating the training with the mommy orangutan, and the baby was spinning on a rope, picking up tree branches, hiding behind them, and popping back out. He was putting on a show for everyone. The cutest thing I have ever seen!”
Viewer @Pixie Kate Rose said what the baby chimp would say if he could talk, “Mom! Mom! Mom! Look what I can do! Mom are you looking?! MOMMMMMM!” Another commenter added, “He’s just like every other toddler!”@crystled86 had the same thought, “Just like kids jumping and climbing on furniture and falling on the sofa!”
Baby chimps play just like humans do. EurekAlert! shared, “A recent study of young chimpanzees shows that these animals play and develop much the same way as human children…both chimps and humans consistently use playful facial expressions to communicate and build social networks.”
That’s why this clip was so relatable; it was like watching our own kids play!
This story was originally reported by PetHelpful on Sep 6, 2025, where it first appeared in the Pet News section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.