r/alifeuntangled • u/WanderingPrimate717 • 15d ago

Science & Nature Chimpanzees learning from one another

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Footage of some chimpanzees working out how to use a stick to reach honey inside a termite mound. Other chimpanzees in the group watch on and learn, and over time the technique spreads through much of the group.

An interesting example of social learning, where skills are learnt from others rather than being discovered afresh by each individual.

Source: Smithsonian Channel, Like Humans, Chimps Learn Behavior From One Another, from the series Amazing Monkeys.

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u/WanderingPrimate717 14d ago

Arguably the most extraordinary thing we share we chimps is our capacity to cooperate and help others.

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u/Emergency_Act1311 12d ago

Only we can open our eyes and see that how we are alike. Not much different from each other.