Chimps Plan Ahead for Breakfast (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Chimps Plan Ahead for Breakfast

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Chimpanzees plan ahead, and sometimes take risks such as traveling in the dark, to get access to the best feeding sites, researchers have found. This young male chimp climbing a fig tree risked travel in the dark when predators were active to obtain the more desired, less abundant figs for breakfast.

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Karline R. L. Janmaat/Max Planck Institute

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