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"They say that if you give a chimpanzee a screwdriver, he’ll break it; if you give a gorilla a screwdriver, he’ll toss it over his shoulder; but if you give an
by majos 7y ago
"They say that if you give a chimpanzee a screwdriver, he’ll break it; if you give a gorilla a screwdriver, he’ll toss it over his shoulder; but if you give an orangutan a screwdriver, he’ll open up his cage and walk away."
(From: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/orangutan-learns-fish https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/oranguta...)
- KineticLensman 7y agoAnecdotally, the staff at Monkey World [0] in Dorset, UK, report that some of their rescued orangutans are capable of using tools accidentally left behind by people working on their enclosures. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_World