Tuesday, 8 September 2015

Chimps destroy documentary drone with twig tools

Reed University

By Gretchen Vogel

Move over, King Kong. A chimpanzee named Tushi is putting up some regal resistance at the Royal Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands. That’s where she knocked a filmmaker’s drone clear out of the sky in April using a 1.8-meter-long stick. Researchers report online today in the journal Primates that this is strong evidence of planned, deliberate tool use among chimps, adding to evidence that these primates can think ahead and be creative in their toolmaking.


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