Chimpanzees have been hurling rocks at the same trees for more than a decade

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• winkly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Fuck these trees in particular

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• humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  why not game? Practice for either hunting or tribal warfare.

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  • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yah, surprising how often “it’s fun” gets overlooked as a solution academically. Odds on it being a juvenile behaviour.

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• dharmacurious@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Y’all need to mind yo own damn business. This is Chimp business. Not hairless ape business.

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• lefaucet@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m betting it’s culturally revered target practice.

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• riskable@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This just means they really are a stone’s throw away from us in the tree of evolution.

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• RedSnt@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Somehow they managed to only use AVI files, but the videos are all very fascinating. Makes me think it’s like a “wishing well” like ritual, throw a stone at the tree and *something* - I’m not sure what they get out of it, but it’s cool.

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  • riskable@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They obviously wished for fame and the tree obliged.

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