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Re:Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to mak... by gsf_emergency_2 on Saturday March 29, 2025 @10:04AM (#43515634)
Here is an ape adjusting the recording camera on her own

https://youtu.be/dHmRLpNQBJU&t=39s

Also https://youtu.be/dHmRLpNQBJU&t=26s

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Re:Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to mak... by jagged-chisel on Saturday March 29, 2025 @01:10PM (#43516960)
“Adjusting” or just touching the thing she’s seen the humans touch?
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Re:Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to mak... by gsf_emergency_2 on Saturday March 29, 2025 @06:21PM (#43519238)
Touche! though it might mean experimenters need to be nearly as careful with these apes as with human subjects.
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