Apes

See also: Zombie and Vampire

An intelligent ape wearing war paint.

Apes are the core mechanic of Simian Flu plagues. Being designed to boost intelligence and due to being solely tested on apes, the Simian Flu is able to boost the intellect of infected apes vastly, increasing them to levels above, if not equal to humans. Like in the movie Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, apes gain green irises when infected and can gift other apes with the virus through intentional or unintentional means. Apes can also infect and be infected by humans with the Hominidae Bridge transmission.

Intelligent apes can create colonies in countries to protect themselves and other apes, and create DNA bubbles. Apes can also be slowly migrated from country to country, which can be sped up by teaching them how to create rafts and tame and ride horses. Apes can be migrated into existing colonies manually or over time with Ape Migration. The game is won if the population of intelligent apes exceeds that of humans, even if the Simian Flu itself is cured.

Hazards

Starting off, Apes aren't viewed as a threat or even intelligent once they escape from Gen-Sys. This changes once the Simian Flu is discovered and Gen-Sys conducts traumatic experiments on the apes. After being discovered that apes are attacking labs and that the disease affects both apes and humans, humans will start to blame apes for the infection of their country. This eventually leads to the world taking aggressive action, and targeting ape colonies with military Drones, killing any apes still in their area of effect. Apes can also be fiercely hunted down in countries. If apes rampage during this time, humans will gladly counter attack, resulting in massive ape casualties.

Gen-Sys will also go to countries with ape populations and try to gather them up to conduct traumatic experiments with high ape casualty rates while also increasing cure research speed. Once all apes are dead or if Gen-Sys has failed to gather apes in a long time, they'll depart for another country. Intelligent apes can avoid capture by either preemptively destroying Gen-Sys labs before they are fully set up or being sheltered in colonies.

Symptom Combos

• Assassin - Apes use stealth to increase combat abilities. Requires Ape Rampage and Primal Awareness.
• Discovery Channel - Apes knowledge of group tactics and enhanced communication skills increase ape transmissions. Requires Primal Hunt and Social Cohesion.
• Fly Magnet - The virus' ability to survive in ape and human excrement increases cross-species transmissions. Requires Hominidae Bridge, Diarrhoea, and Excrement.
• Red Ape Redemption - Apes use guns while on horseback, significantly increasing combat abilities. Requires Weapon Creation and Horseback Riding.
• Rude Awakening - Ape scouts learn to aggressively throw infected feces at other apes increasing transmission. Requires Scouts and Excrement.

Ape Count

Countries by ape population (Total: 644,462)

Country	Ape Count	Percent of Total Ape Count
Central Africa	408,738	63.42
Indonesia	70,738	10.98
East Africa	32,978	5.12
West Africa	31,014	4.81
Sudan	21,585	3.35
India	18,416	2.86
China	18,021	2.8
USA	4,153	0.64
Southeast Asia	3,397	0.53
Brazil	2,752	0.43
Angola	2,356	0.37
Pakistan	2,333	0.36
Russia	1,905	0.3
Japan	1,713	0.27
Mexico	1,524	0.24
Germany	1,396	0.22
Philippines	1,253	0.19
Colombia	1,203	0.19
Egypt	1,090	0.17
France	1,025	0.16
Iran	994	0.15
Korea	984	0.15
Turkey	978	0.15
Balkan States	872	0.14
UK	836	0.13
Saudi Arabia	830	0.13
Italy	813	0.13
Argentina	773	0.12
Spain	762	0.12
South Africa	719	0.11
Algeria	619	0.1
Ukraine	616	0.1
Central Asia	610	0.09
Central Europe	594	0.09
Middle East	515	0.08
Poland	513	0.08
Central America	483	0.07
Afghanistan	462	0.07
Canada	458	0.07
Iraq	430	0.07
Morocco	429	0.07
Peru	391	0.06
Caribbean	337	0.05
Australia	300	0.05
Madagascar	278	0.04
Baltic States	221	0.03
Kazakhstan	219	0.03
Zimbabwe	169	0.03
Bolivia	133	0.02
Sweden	126	0.02
New Guinea	92	0.0143
Libya	85	0.0132
Finland	72	0.0112
Norway	66	0.0102
New Zealand	59	0.0092
Botswana	27	0.0042
Iceland	4	0.0006
Greenland	3	0.0005

News

Scroll down for more content NEWSFLASH: Apes escape in <country>: A group of apes have broken out of a primate shelter in <country> and destroyed a Gen-Sys lab - causing citywide chaos. Authorities were unable to contain them, and the apes escaped Gen-Sys CEO killed during Ape Escape Escaped apes tracked from city to national park Cloud cover disrupts Ape Escape video footage Authorities find apes infected with <plague name> <country> legalises use of primate poisons <country> warns public to avoid ape contact <country> designates apes a health risk <country> put ape shelters under lock down <country> launches ape bounty scheme <country> declares apes a threat to national security <country> sets up ape tracking database <country> legalises ape hunting Ape shelter owner found mutilated in car park Mayor demands animal escape protocols strengthened Terrorist involvement in Ape Escape ruled out Ape Escape CCTV suggests high intelligence Police warn against ape attack hoax calls Police defend Ape Escape response time Major 'escaped animal' incident confirmed <country> shuts down animal welfare charities <country> positions snipers near forests <country> declares 'sheltering apes' a criminal offence Volunteers in <country> form anti-ape 'Darwin Squads' <country> officially recognises Darwin Squads <country> closes zoos over ape fears Drones target apes in <country> <country> sets up national ape hotline <country> closes parks over ape fears <country> trains police dogs to hunt apes <country> arrests animal rights protestors <country> plants landmines in ape territory Runaway apes in <country> force circus close

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