apes
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Chimp Beds Are Way Less Filthy Than Human Beds
In a twist that rivals cinema’s best, a new study published Tuesday in Royal Society Open Science suggests a horrible truth: We’ve been the damn dirty apes all along. It found that beds made by one of our closest primate relatives, chimpanzees, contain little personal filth, meaning germs and parasites from their own body, and…
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These Researchers Made Their Own Horror Films To Study Memory In Apes
When Japanese researchers wanted to see if chimps could learn things from simply viewing a situation just once, they needed to create situations where apes would anticipate a noteworthy event. So they made their own horror films just for apes.
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Zoo Animals Went Crazy Before The Earthquake Too
We already know that animals know an earthquake is coming before humans do. But it’s still endlessly interesting to see how animals react (pre-act?) before it happens. For example, apes abandoned their food and climbed to the top of the tree-like structure