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Reddy, R.B. & Mitani, J.C. (2019) Social relationships and caregiving behavior between recently orphaned chimpanzee siblings Primates doi: 10.1007/s10329-019-00732-1.
Emiko Nishi, Nami Suzuki-Hashido, Takashi Hayakawa, Yamato Tsuji, Bambang Suryobroto, Hiroo Imai (2018) Functional decline of sweet taste sensitivity of colobine monkeys. Primates https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-018-0679-2
Why leaf-eating Asian monkeys do not have a sweet tooth
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Takeshita RSC, Bercovitch FB, Kinoshita K, Hufman MA (2018) Beneficial effect of hot spring bathing on stress levels in Japanese macaques. Primates doi: 10.1007/s10329-018-0655-x.
Gao J, Su Y, Tomonaga M, Matsuzawa T (2018) Learning the rules of the rock-paper-scissors game: chimpanzees versus children. Primates doi: 10.1007/s10329-017-0620-0.
Chimpanzees learn rock-paper-scissors
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Kawakami F, Tomonaga M, Suzuki J (2016) The first smile: spontaneous smiles in newborn Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) Primates doi: 10.1007/s10329-016-0558-7.
Sakuraba Y, Tomonaga M, Hayashi M (2016) A new method of walking rehabilitation using cognitive tasks in an adult chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) with a disability: a case study. Primates Volume 57, Issue 3, pp 403-412.
The story of how a touch screen helped a paralyzed chimp walk again.
Euthanasia does not have to be only option for injured animals
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Matsumoto T, Itoh N, Inoue S, Nakamura M. (2016) An observation of a severely disabled infant chimpanzee in the wild and her interactions with her mother. Primates Volume 57, Issue 1, pp 3-7. doi: 10.1007/s10329-015-0499-6
Wild chimpanzee mother cares for disabled child.
Over 23 months in the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania, a research team from Kyoto University observed how a female chimpanzee cared for her disabled infant. This was the first time that such an infant was observed in the wild, and also the first report of a disabled infant surviving for nearly two years.
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Van Hooff, J.A.R.A.M. & Lukkenaar, B. (2015). Captive chimpanzee takes down a drone: tool use toward a flying object, Primates Volume 56, Issue 4, pp 289-292. doi: 10.1007/s10329-015-0482-2.
Chimp vs. Drone
Not on my watch: Chimp swats film crew’s drone
Incident shows that chimps are able to plan ahead and use tools as weapons
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