Supplementing their diet are leaves, honey, eggs, and sometimes small vertebrates and invertebrates. Bonobo’s eating habits distinguish them from common chimpanzees, which prey on other apes.
Bonobos are the second-largest (after elephants) frugivores in the DRC’s rainforests, contributing to the dispersal of plant seeds. It is estimated that each bonobo will ingest and spread 9 tons of seeds from more than 91 species of lianas, grasses, trees, and shrubs during its lifetime.
