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Uploaded on Feb 11, 2008

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany capture a chimpanzee's ingenious efforts to get unreachable peanuts out of a tube.

Want more? Watch Ape Genius, a Nova/National Geographic special, on February 19, 2008, on PBS.

Learn More About Chimpanzees http://animals.nationalgeographic.com...

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  • ThexDynastxQueen

    ThexDynastxQueen 10 months ago

    So the next time my keys are stuck in the car I just push down the window a bit and fill the car with water. Thank you chimp, I never would've thought of that.

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  • Joe Hatoum

    Joe Hatoum 5 months ago

    mailchimp sent me to this link ;)

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  • HawkTigerBravo

    HawkTigerBravo 1 week ago

    I didn't know there was water nearby, otherwise I would have.

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  • dokluch

    dokluch 1 week ago

    My first thought was to pee in the tube

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  • Carl Ferguson

    Carl Ferguson 3 weeks ago

    I probably would have thought of it if I saw the water in the video :P

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  • Colin Sharpe

    Colin Sharpe 2 months ago

    I love the way he looks round like he's pinching it when he finally gets it !

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  • the8jrfan

    the8jrfan 3 months ago

    Ya now lets see him drive

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  • ShannonR86

    ShannonR86 3 months ago

    If you they live near the ocean then there's these key chain floaters you can buy....but that doesn't seem to be the case lol... I use to live in Santa Cruz, CA and almost everyone who had one was active in the water..

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    in reply to Mastahcheech (Show the comment)
  • jmb120

    jmb120 3 months ago

    0:26 Never thought of that because I didn't see any bloody water there I would be able to use lol

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  • ZDanimations

    ZDanimations 3 months ago

    I don't know, when I'm desperate enough to have something, I think of some crazy ass ways to get it and they usually work.

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  • chickenshieee

    chickenshieee 3 months ago

    and then EAT the peanut?

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  • Venom6GGEP

    Venom6GGEP 4 months ago

    i swear i thought he would piss in this tube.

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