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David Attenborough explains the social lives and the intelligence of this species of great ape.
From the BBC documentary series The Life of Mammals: Food for Thought.
From the BBC documentary series The Life of Mammals: Food for Thought.
Apr 12, 2008 1:41 PM
Re: Attenborough: Amazing DIY Orangutans
Seeing an ape deliberately cross water in a boat blew my mind.
Thus just reinforces my belief that in many species, as with humans, there are geniuses.
Thus just reinforces my belief that in many species, as with humans, there are geniuses.
By: Jaguarjp
Re: Attenborough: Amazing DIY Orangutans
I think Sir David was a little blown away with what he was seeing. I thought it was incredible too, but what were the apes getting out of it, that is my question?
By: Makatsuta
Re: Attenborough: Amazing DIY Orangutans
They reveal later in the documentary that the orangutan that does the washing likes to lather up the fur on her arms and then lick off the soap and therefore associates the whole process of washing clothes with the opportunity to eat soap. You can also see the orangutan that is sawing wood eats some of the sawdust at 2:05, so what they get out of it is food. However, there is no immediate food reward for paddling in a boat and the orangutan seems to actually understand what a boat is for, which is truly amazing.
By: lalalala
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One of the Orangutans reminds me of Walter Matthau.
Re: Attenborough: Amazing DIY Orangutans
It amazes me that Mr. Attenborough keeps coming up with all these things. There's always a little wow factor in all of the clips on this site.
By: Paulfw
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Re: Attenborough: Amazing DIY Orangutans
Hey, hey. Dub_Dub is right. Let's get credit to The Wolf (a warm blooded predator).
PM going to the boss right now.
PM going to the boss right now.
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I don't mind people posting duplicates, because it sure happens accidentally, but when nothing is done to fix it ...
Naturally, there are more important things in life.
I don't mind people posting duplicates, because it sure happens accidentally, but when nothing is done to fix it ...
Naturally, there are more important things in life.
