Posted by Kambiz Kamrani in Anthropology.net Tool use among orangutans was first documented by Carel van Schaik. In 1994, Carel observed orangutans developing tools to help themselves eat, while conducting field work in Gunung Leuser National Park, in the northwest Sumatra. Specifically the orangutans were using sticks to pry open pulpy fruits that have “Plexiglas needles” capable of delivering […]
Adorable Orangutan Sees A Magic Trick
An orangutan gets taken in by a zoo visitor’s magic trick – and rolls around in hysterics at the disappearing act. In it, the ape watches from its enclosure as a man produces a polystyrene cup and lid. He places an unripened chestnut inside but then secretly removes it. And when the ape is shown the empty cup he sits in disbelief before […]