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Teenagers are well known for crazy things. It seems that once a child a teen, they take a lot more risks. Some of these are dangerous and to injury, or worse. A new study of young chimpanzees may risky behaviour in children. The study is from researchers at the University of Michigan in the USA. They over 100 wild chimpanzees in a national park in Uganda. The chimps ranged in age from 2 to 65 years. The researchers at how the animals swung through trees. The youngest chimps to do more dangerous things, like go of branches and letting themselves fall. Older chimps fewer risks and made sure they branches firmly.

Lead researcher and anthropologist Laura MacLatchy why children and young chimpanzees more risks. She believes it is because they are at an age when parents them less. Parents and carers often very young children from things that might injuries. However, young teens more freedom and want to new and risky things. Professor MacLatchy said the risk-taking was the same for male and female chimps and humans. The website ScienceAlert said that "some anthropologists for increasing children's access to thrill-seeking play, including the old-fashioned monkey bars, as a way to help them motor skills and skeletal strength".