A short video that's actually worth watching... Researchers filmed a mama #chimp teaching her daughter how to hunt for ants with a stick, and then literally handing the tool so she could try it for herself.

My story for BBC #Wildlife

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Stevie has my heart. She can literally do *anything* and I will melt. But I especially love to watch her play.

#chimp #zooknoxville #zoo #knoxville #zoophotography #animalphotography

Little Miss Stevie was interested in my camera! And I felt very honored to have her attention between playtime and grooming.

#chimp #zoo #zooknoxville #photography #knoxville #portrait

Despite sex-related diff in #allometry of phalanges & meta in #chimp , we observed a canalized autopodial #growth, reduced changes at ~5 years, aligning with #positional shift. Great work by one of my Master students! in collab with JW Young🧪 #cnrs #mnhn #OA

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