Tool use
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by Lyrajane
I find it fascinating that the tool is left in the same place for different chimps to use. They apparently have a sense of a future perhaps?
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by MimiA scientist, moderator
Hi @Lyrajane!
Great observation and I would say they absolutely do!
For more information check out the following:
chimps plan their tool use:
a zoo chimp that plans his "attacks":
chimps mentally map food trees:
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8086000/8086246.stm
- http://www.eva.mpg.de/primat/staff/boesch/pdf/C_Tai_Spatial_Euclidean_map_Normand2009.pdf
mental Time travel in an experimental setting:
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