They are very very popular in Japan (in Asia) today. Pan or Pankun is a young chimpanzee in Japan often featured on the NTV Television show "Tensai! Shimura Dobutsu-en" (aka Genius! Shimura Zoo) and the TBS program "Dobutsu Kiso Tengai!" (Unbelievable Animals!). Most of the segments feature him and his bulldog friend, James, embarking on a variety of "human" tasks, like buying groceries, planting a rice paddy, or catching insects. I love them so much. Pankun 's very smart and very cute. Do you know them? Nope. Take a look this clip http://s117.photobucket.com/albums/o41/panithat/clip/?action=view¤t=231549754710B12.flv and http://video.mthai.com/player.php?id=16M1168858404M0
i dont know abt them but thx for providing such inform abt these but me still dont think so that they r popular