They are very comforting too. They give hugs or a pat on the back. Diet Chimpanzees eat a variety of foods. The main part of their diet is plants. They will eat ripe fruit, young leaves, shoots, and pith.
Chimpanzees do, occasionally, eat meat.
In fact, they actually hunt colobus monkeys. They also like to eat termites. They get a stick and put it in a hole and scoop out the termites. Chimpanzees are omnivores. Their diet consists of mostly fruit, leaves, bark, seeds, eggs, and some meat such as small deer or small animals.