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We have chimps and "chimps" using cell phone. https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/b08v5c/chimpanzee_scrolling_through_instagram/ https://www.

We have chimps and "chimps" using cell phone. https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/b08v5c/chimpanzee_scrolling_through_instagram/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/b08v5... Turtle smashing mental level requirements are not much higher than social media surfing, but there are plenty of examples they can learn complex sequence of steps and pass it on.

sachdevap 7y ago
"Turtle smashing mental level requirements are not much higher than social media surfing" -- what leads you to this conclusion? It is not clear to me that this is a trivial statement.
- Barrin92 7y ago
  I'll second this anecdotally because I have no problem browsing hackernews all day but yesterday I fought desperately trying to crack a coconut for half an hour.
  - xenospn 7y ago
    Smashing a turtle is far easier than cracking a coconut.
    - throwaway5752 7y ago
      African or European turtle?
      - sockpuppet999 7y ago
        Not trying to be overly pedantic but, turtles and tortoises are two very different things
        warent 7y ago
        Tortoises are a species of turtle ("Testudinoidea")
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empath75 7y ago
The chimp using Instagram is amazing. Wow.
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  Well actually Instagram is using the chimp because it's selling the chimp's metadata to advertisers. ;)
anthuman 7y ago
Chimps have been shown to use tools and pass on the knowledge to their offspring. https://phys.org/news/2016-10-wild-chimpanzee-mothers-young-tools.html https://phys.org/news/2016-10-wild-chimpanzee-mothers-young-...