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Chimpanzee tool usage: Termite fishing

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Uploaded on Nov 27, 2008

A wonderful example of chimpanzee tool usage, by taking and modifying twigs to fish for termites within their hard nests.

Also illustrates that the understanding that tools having different properties are useful for different applications.

This behaviour was first discovered by Jane Goodall in 1960, and was the first known example of tool making and usage outside of humans, causing archaeologist Louis Leakey to declare: "Now we must redefine tool, redefine Man, or accept chimpanzees as humans."

From the Ape segment (part 3) of the BBC documentary "Cousins".

More Information:
http://www.janegoodall.org/chimp_cent...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programme...

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  • ramongar

    ramongar 3 years ago

    who is she?

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  • tehinfidel

    tehinfidel 3 years ago

    Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek

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    savierdcglobe 3 years ago

    i would like to do her in the jungle

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    thysponge55vfx 10 months ago

    thats what she said. nuff said :P

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  • OwlyEagles

    OwlyEagles 2 weeks ago

    too late. we're going to say "fishing for termites"

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  • Gerald de Guzman

    Gerald de Guzman 7 months ago

    hmm if the term fishing came from "fish catching" then woudnt this one be.. termiting?!

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  • Rizombie

    Rizombie 8 months ago

    YOU'LL BURN IN HELL.

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    Birthmas 9 months ago

    not enough proof for some narrow minded people

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  • Haizum74

    Haizum74 9 months ago

    Then youre an idiot if a) you think we evolved from a worm and b) you are created in the image of god.

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  • b00mer2012

    b00mer2012 10 months ago

    chimpanzees often use sticks as crude tools. learned that from dude where's my car

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  • SPepisodes

    SPepisodes 10 months ago

    yes, so your god is a dumbass like you

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  • janole3711

    janole3711 10 months ago

    So you believe that you evolved from an ancient worm? I believe I was created in the image of God.

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  • janole3711

    janole3711 10 months ago

    What a wonderful animal God created. Im Glad he made us humans alot smarter though.

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