Chimpanzee tool usage: Food retrieval

A very brief clip of more chimpanzee tool usage to retrieve inaccessible food from underneath an electric fence.

This is from the BBC series Last Chance to See: Part 2: Northern White Rhino.

Last Chance to See was a book and radio series that involved a tour taken by the late Douglas Adams and his zoologist friend Mark Carwardine in the 1980s, travelling around the world seeing 8 nearly-extinct species. He and Mark were planning to retake the trip to see the current status of the animals shortly before Adams died in 2001. Since Stephen Fry and Douglas Adams were friends, Stephen is taking Douglas' place in retaking the trip.

The book is excellent, with full-colour glossy photos accompanying the text, and the television series so far is living up to it. They are both well worth experiencing. I would expect the radio series would be equally wonderful, but I haven't listened to it.

More Information:
► http://www.bbc.co.uk/lastchancetosee/
► http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Chance_to_See
► http://www.amazon.com/Last-Chance-See-Douglas-Adams/dp/0345371984
► http://www.stephenfry.com/2009/09/06/last-chance-to-see/

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[banananutmuffin2]

That is so just thoose chimps are smarter than a larger majority of americans

[Chris201076]

STEPHEN <3



[villainousturtle]

@barendb I'd like to see you do that too.

[pyr0static]

@barendb Give him a few months.

[barendb]

I'd love to see him try inventing a mobile phone from scratch all by himself..

[AtEveryOccasion]

yeah, stephen fry.

[godlessmessiah]

Stephen Fry

[pemchem]

it's stephen fry

[Zimy0]

Who's the guy in the blue shirt? I know he's an actor but I dunno his name.

[MarkuPro]

awesome