Lemur Grooming (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Lemur Grooming

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Grooming (above) is a common social-bonding experience for lemurs and other primates. The researchers found that lemurs reserved vocal exchanges for the animals that they groomed most frequently, essentially "grooming-at-a-distance" to keep in touch when group members get separated.

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Photo by Ipek Kulahci, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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