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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Chimps Help Each Other

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Chimpanzees are more like humans than researchers previously thought. In a new study performed in Japan, chimps helped other chimps get juice by passing them objects such as straws (to drink the juice) or sticks (to reach straws they couldn't reach). Researchers noticed that related chimps were more likely to help each other.

The chimps were trained to use sticks or straws to get juice, but they were not trained to pass things to each other.

Find out more about the research on National Geographic News.

Get the facts on chimpanzees in this Creature Feature.

Watch a video of a chimp solving a computer puzzle on News Bites.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Whale Thieves Busted

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This story isn't about thieves smuggling whales, but whales who are thieves! New footage catches sperm whales in the act of snatching fish from fishing lines. Scientists got the incredible shots from underwater cameras attached to fishing equipment. These smart whales were able to shake the fish from the line without injuring themselves. Watch a video of the fish heist below.

Learn more about the thieving whales on National Geographic News.

See pictures of different kinds of whales on National Geographic Kids.

How much do you know about blue whales? Quiz Your Noodle and find out.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Monkey Hear, Monkey Do

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Did you know that orangutans can imitate sounds and even whistle? Researchers have seen them imitate human activities like sweeping and even washing clothes, but now scientists have found that they can pick up sounds from other species.

Bonnie, an orangutan who lives at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., has been whistling for about 20 years. She was never trained to whistle, indicating that some animals can learn and mimic sounds that other species make without being directly taught.

Photograph courtesy Smithsonian National Zoological Park

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Dogs Can Get Jealous

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If you own a dog, you probably know how smart they can be, but a new study suggests that dogs can feel envy. In the study, dogs were asked to perform tricks in front of another dog that they knew, such as a playmate or a pet from the same house. The other dog would then be asked to perform the same trick. One dog would then receive a reward while the other did not.

"If both of them didn't get a reward, they continued working more or less," said lead author Friederike Range of the University of Vienna, Austria. "But if one of them didn't get food, the one that didn't get food just said, No."

For more on this study visit National Geographic News.

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