Apes

See also: Zombie and Vampire

An intelligent ape wearing war paint.

Apes are protagonist entities in the Simian Flu.

General Information

Apes are primates and viable hosts of the pathogen which, while extremely harmful to humans, has mostly beneficial effects to Apes by increasing their intelligence and granting them various improvements, hence forming a symbiosis between the two.

Unlike Vampires and Zombies, Intelligent Apes are mostly passive and peaceful, usually only responding to human aggression against them instead of promptly attacking everything alive. However, Ape aggression will prompt equally destructive human responses. They are not as powerful as Vampires or Zombies on their own, being weak even with all possible improvements, and hence rely entirely on the pathogen's lethality for them to eventually outnumber humans, rendering them the dominant species on earth.

Apes have 3 main abilities:

• Ape Rampage - The Apes will launch attacks on humans, resulting in increasing infection rates and casualties. If a research facility is present they will only destroy it and rescue any captive apes.
• Organized Travel - Apes located in a country can be moved to other locations and even join with other Ape population. Travel speed can be improved by various augments.
• Create Colony - Apes can form their own communities, living in peace while also protecting each other from human aggression. Colonies generate DNA based on Ape population and, when upgraded, can even attract idle intelligent apes from other colonies. An entire Colony can also be moved via Organized Travel to other locations away from harm.

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

Gallery

An ape before infection

An ape after infection

An intelligent ape beginning to stand more upright