Mmm, Honey

A group of chimpanzees from the Kanyawara community in the Kibale Forest, Uganda, discover a bee hive in a nearby tree.



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Playback Response

Ongoing research conducted by Michael Wilson is examining intercommunity aggressive behavior through a series of playback experiments with the Kanyawara community. This video records the response of a group of males who, while resting at the periphery of their territory, are presented with an unknown individual's pant hoot vocalization at a distance of 400 meters.



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Juvenile Play

A group of juvenile chimps play in a tree. Note the prominent grin-like "play faces".


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