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Chimps plan for a good early breakfast
Washington: Chimpanzees plan ahead, and sometimes take dangerous risks, to get a good breakfast, scientists say.Researchers found that chimpanzees will find a place to sleep en route to breakfast sites...
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Boy moms 25 percent more 'social' than daughter moms among chimps
Washington: A new study has revealed that mothers of sons are about 25 percent more outgoing than mothers of daughters among chimpanzees.Boy moms were found to spend about two hours more per day with...
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Chimpanzees too are influenced by marketing spin's positive-negative framing
Washington: A new research has revealed that humans aren't the only species to be influenced by marketing spin, closest primate relatives, like apes and chimpanzees, are susceptible, too.A Duke...
View ArticleLowly female chimps better social networkers
New York: Female chimpanzees who rank low in terms of reproductive success seek out other girl pals with similar status, finds a new study on social relationships among apes.Unlike most primates,...
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Chimps declared 'endangered' in US
Washington: A US conservation agency has declared all chimpanzees, both wild and captive, endangered, a move that will curb the use of these animals in biomedical research, entertainment and the pet...
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Pigs as smart as chimps!
London: Scientists have found that pigs have excellent long-term memory and can solve problems just as good as chimpanzees."We have shown that pigs share a number of cognitive capacities with other...
View Article'Bystander effect' seen in chimps too
London: Chimps, like humans, can detect what is right and wrong but will only react if someone is trying to harm a member of their own group, finds a significant study.They will remain bystanders if an...
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Chimps adapt to human-dominated habitats faster
London: Looking at the chimpanzee population in Uganda, researchers have found that our primate cousins can survive even in human-dominated habitats and not just in national parks and other protected...
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Chimps, like humans, remember movie scenes
Tokyo: Humans may not be unique in their ability to remember sequence of events in films, according to a new study that found chimps and bonobos can recall movie scenes and anticipate what takes place...
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Young female chimps smarter than males
London: Young female chimpanzees are smarter than males in object manipulation - seemingly in preparation for adult tool use - as they display greater diversity in manipulation, a study finds.Although...
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Unbelievable: Chimps shop like we do!
Zee Media BureauNew Delhi: All of us might have of many things that are beyond believe but this is something that is truly unbelievable. Did you ever think about the fact that chimpanzees shop in a...
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Truth unfurled! Female chimps don't fight for rank as males
New York: While male chimpanzees actively challenge their superiors to win higher rank, females accept their position in the social pecking order, waiting until more senior group members die before...
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Chimp mother filmed cleaning dead son's teeth for first time – Watch...
London: For the first time, researchers have observed a grown female chimpanzee cleaning her son's teeth after he died.Researchers, including those from University of St Andrews in the UK, filmed a...
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Even chimps can use tools flawlessly
New Delhi: Chimpanzees can use tools spontaneously and flawlessly without taking help from others or sans watching others do it.Researchers have looked for the spontaneous re-occurrence of a tool-use...
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This is how chimps died in Uganda
New Delhi: Poachers, predators and deforestation are not the only threats that chimpanzees now face. New research finds that even a human "common cold" virus can give them a deadly blow.The virus,...
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