Showing posts with label chimpanzees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chimpanzees. Show all posts

Monday, September 7, 2020

A Conversation With Jane Goodall (On Point)

60 years ago, Jane Goodall first began her close observations of Tanzania’s chimpanzees. Equipped with simple binoculars, a notebook and patience, she transformed the way the world understood primates and wildlife. She joins us to look back on her legacy, and discuss the urgent challenges around climate and conservation.
Interview:

Monday, April 29, 2019

Why humans may have more in common with chimps than we thought

What can humans learn about ourselves from studying chimpanzees? Primatologist Frans de Waal has spent almost three decades studying the behavior and intelligence of chimpanzees. Now, he’s focused on their emotional lives--and he’s found primates and people aren’t so different in how they react to circumstances and each other. Jeffrey Brown talks to de Waal about the implications of his findings...
https://youtu.be/KcQklVXcJY0

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Some Chimps Are Putting Grass in Their Ears—For No Particular Reason | Smart News | Smithsonian

It all started with a Zambian chimpanzee named Julie in 2010. Julie stuck a piece of grass into her ear, and left it there. And she would do it over and over again. But why? To save it for later, for some unknown purpose? For fun? To show that she understood she would become dust and one day fertilize the grass, in an ironic nod to The Lion King?...
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/animal-fashion-some-chimps-are-putting-grass-ears-and-nobody-knows-why-180951888/?no-ist









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