Orangutan spits water to get peanut

[cpt1chris]

@ecb46

probably victims to animal testing.

this is animal testing. not that i'm against that entirely.

[gypsyeyes337]

That's just WOW...seriously. Orangutans and monkies are really fucking smart. And we take it for granted. Those poor things should not be locked up inside a cage. Whoever locked them up should be in a cage.

[Boxman29312]

Hey I'm smart enough let me the F*** out!

[BlurbFish]

But how will it get the water?

[Boxman29312]

@BlurbFish By dumping it out! Holy s*&t did you not see it spit water into a cylinder to get a f***ing peanut out of a tube to long to use fingers for! Oh its to hard to get the water out now? I guess you should figure out how you typed what you typed.

[BlurbFish]

@Boxman29312 If it's possible to dump the cylinder's content, then why wouldn't it just have done that to get the peanut?

[Collin6981]

huh guess an orangutan is smarter then me i wouldn't of thought of that

[bingobastard]

I've seen clips of orangutans sawing logs, hammering nails, rowing in a boat - using all kinds of objects. It's a little depressing to think these poor creatures have been cooped up just so you can prove they are able to spit into a tube to get a frikkin peanut.

[Flopf07]

i know people who couldn't get this done

[hcbbowhuntr96]

Horrible . You are experimenting on great apes !? This discusts me! We are primates too. and to see our closest relatives in a small cage with a baby desperatly trying to get a peanut , is just heart breaking. Sick

[heattr]

richard ellison

[dashiell23]

poor orangutan =( doesn't look happy

[MyHonestyMightHurt]

I wouldn't have thought of that either...

[suttonview]

Unbelievable, these animals are utterly amazing. They fascinate me so much.

[epiksparta]

@suttonview still they may be fascinating to u but how would u like to be kept in captivity?

[robthesamplist]

they look sad in there ;(

[Dophinillie]

hahahaha cool I woundna thought of that

[rizqferd]

let's save Borneo, Sumatra and rest of Indonesia to help these smart creature it's all our faults planting the palm trees and consuming products which are containing palm oil from shampoo, soap to chips and cookies that we're using everyday !!!

[PGMEagle]

How would you like to be locked in a cage your whole life

[guitarnoob06]

I'd love it, can we arrange something?

[Lambretta1995]

@PGMEagle we are, we just dont recognise our bars

[bezale]

yes, i believe you.

[redcomet2006]

shit I probably wouldn't have thought of that lmao and im not even joking

[ecb46]

Very smart animal, too bad they have to live their life in that small cage, and are probably victims to animal testing.

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[Dieselspot]

Very clever animals. Shame they were cooped up in tht cage

[merrett]

Wow

[saxquiz]

Yeah, it's just a coincidence that apes are the smartest animals AND they happen to look the most like us of any animal...

[yamilink03]

actually dolphins are, but primates arent very far off from us either.

[liveforeverUK2008]

why the fuck is it in that awful box performing for evil humans

[m4lvolio]

Smart nigga.

[lenathefoxychick94]

wow that orangutan was smart!

i kind of feel sorry for them because they're in a cage... :( x

[Sahfire]

Hmmm... he seems like his smarter than every classmate I have. It's not an insult that we can from the monkeys (well, if we did).

[Avalikia]

From the books I've read orangutans tend to be even more clever about solving things like this than even chimpanzees. The reason is that orangutans tend to live in smaller, less socially intense groups so they generally give more time and brain power to solving problems. A chimpanzee spends more time and brain power socializing, so when they're presented with something like this they're more likely to be distracted by other things going around them and be half-hearted in their efforts.

[neeero]

Agreed, Orangutan's have demonstrated amazing spatial intelligence with their use of tools, and maninipulation of objects. Chimps have been shown to demonstrate "social" intelligence, often times for manipulation and personal gain.

[wotchadave]

Kinda like our lives in a way. Some decide to climb the social ladder, while others prefer to work hard to get good academic acheivements. ;)

[Honnis]

he figured it out almost immediately... i highly doubt many humans are that smart.

[polarbear011]

What's really funny about this experiment is that anthropologists carried out an almost identical experiment with children (the only difference being that the water was in a pitcher, versus a fountain as it is here) and a six and eight year old boy both became frustrated with the problem and were unable to solve it. It wasn't until a ten year old girl tried that us humans were successful!

[icon54]

You don't know that for sure. They could have been in there for hours but just edited all that out and showed this.

[NicoletoZ]

"It only took them about nine minutes on average, though, to figure out that a little bit of extra water could do the trick. At this point the orang-utans began taking mouthfuls of water from their drink dispenser and spitting the liquid into the tube, a trick that elevated the peanuts to an accessible point."

[AngryPirateProd]

I honestly don't know if I would have thought of that.

[cozz]

I feel sorry for the other one... he probs wanted it

[nrnst]

to some of u who have doubts abt it can click on the given link and read further what's all about. have an insight by learning whats going on around u. studies have been conducted on orangutans behaviour and intelligence.

[hammettalica]

this animal is smarter than most of the people around me.

[darthisaiah]

Yeah, i would have never spit water into the tube, i would have turned it over if it wasn't glued down, or broke the damn tube to get the peanut. But that monkey is smart nonetheless, she knew the peanut would float.

[shemraschke]

that is just "nuts".  if that was his first time and he got it that fast

[mbouba68]

i can see what is great in that ! goerge w bush can do that too

[makikomi]

Yeah, but Dubya has only just mastered it.

[tehblunderbuss]

Great! The next orangutan project: Write sitcoms for the CW network.

[asabry24]

not as impressive if he was trained to do that...on the other hand, very impressive if he just thought of it.

[redapes]

We must save these magnificent apes from extinction inthe wild...! Please visit the Sumatran Orangutan Society and BOS UK websites to see how you can help!

[FriedChikkin]

"Pfft. I could do that." —Thanks! You made me laugh my butt off!

[kekpafrany]

Bravo :)

[krendoshazin]

What is significant about this is this is not predefined behaviour, they were not taught to put water in the tube, this is a species that is able to conciously solve a problem and learn from those actions. They are the perfect example of primate intelligence, completely voiding the idea that the step from primate to intelligence is a massive leap, our intelligence came by evolution.

Hence this study being conducted by the Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

[Blahcetera]

Pfft. I could do that.

[Sruon]

yeah. but you've get a better brain than an orangutang.

[mooker5600]

are you sure?

[jamends1220]

With a remark like that i think the Orangutang is smarter.

[COUCHmade]

HAHAHAHAHAH!!

[Treshnell]

Smart.