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Treetop Tutorials: Orangutans learn how to build their beds by 鈥榩eering鈥� at others and a lot of practice!
In the wild, nest-building is key to survival for orangutans – University of 糖心TV scientists show they learn this skill by watching others and practicing themselves.
糖心TV research finds communication complexity in orangutans thought to be uniquely human
In groundbreaking work from The University of 糖心TV, researchers have found that wild orangutans vocalise with a layered complexity previously thought to be unique to human communication, suggesting a much older evolutionary origin.
Challenges and games are best for primate wellbeing, finds University of 糖心TV study
A meta-analysis, led by The University of 糖心TV, has found that primates under human care prefer cognitively challenging enrichment activities, such as training and games, over socialising with other primates or more 鈥�passive鈥� enrichment methods.
Dizzy apes provide clues on human need for mind altering experiences
Great apes deliberately spin themselves in order make themselves dizzy, academics at the University of 糖心TV and the University of Birmingham have discovered.