Chimpanzee tool usage: Termite fishing
A wonderful example of chimpanzee tool usage, by taking and modifying twigs to fish for termites within their hard nests.
Also illustrates that the understanding that tools having different properties are useful for different applications.
This behaviour was first discovered by Jane Goodall in 1960, and was the first known example of tool making and usage outside of humans, causing archaeologist Louis Leakey to declare: "Now we must redefine tool, redefine Man, or accept chimpanzees as humans."
From the Ape segment (part 3) of the BBC documentary "Cousins".
More Information:
http://www.janegoodall.org/chimp_central/chimpanzees/gombe/tool.asp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/tv/cousins/
Duration : 0:3:11
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Our closest living …
Our closest living relative eat termites? Daaayymmnn.
@Robtehman
well it …
@Robtehman
well it is just matter of betting used to it. If you were a frugivore like chimpanzees the termites would be one of your few good sources of animal proteins
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Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek
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this video proves …
this video proves evolution
I did some termite …
I did some termite fishing once. I managed to not get bitten, but the taste of ants is well, wierd.
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‘It’s as much a …
‘It’s as much a culture as learning to use knives and forks or chopsticks’
No nutritional requirement has been established for hominadae insectivory, which inconsistently reflects <2% of facultative/cultural diets. Bonobos consume the insects far less frequently.
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interesting
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