Chimpanzees

'World first' footage of mother and child chimpanzees catching crabs in the wild
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A research team from Kyoto University in Japan observed year-round, fresh water crab-fishing behaviour among chimpanzees living in the rainforest of the Nimba Mountains in West Africa.

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Killer Whales and Chimpanzees Have Similar Personalities – Scientific American
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Welcome to another installment of It Doesn’t Have To Be Paranormal To Be Weird. Apparently there are some very specific traits used by scientists to assess personality, and some weirdo decided it would be a good idea to apply those personality measurements to Orcas. (No lie, that’s the person we want to hang with at […]

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Chimpanzees 'keep their beds cleaner than humans'
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The great apes build complex tree nests out of branches and leaves in which they sleep. And they set an example the average human teenager would find tough to follow.

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Chimpanzees love horror movies too! Apes become so engrossed in violent videos they ignore tasty treats in front of them
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Scientists at Kyoto University showed chimps bizarre videos of an actor in a King Kong costume attacking humans and a human getting ‘revenge’ with a hammer.

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Chimpanzees Have Basic Mental Capacity to Cook Food, New Study Suggests
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… authors of a study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B learned chimpanzees have most of the mental capacity needed to cook food. The new discovery indicates the ability to cook food was closely tied to learning how to …

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Chimpanzees choose their friends based on similar personality traits, according to new study
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Scientists from universities in Zurich and Vienna found that, like us, chimpanzees tend to partner up those they have the most in common with.

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