If you’ve been to a zoo, you may have heard an orangutan shouting at his exhibit-mates. As it happens, some of those shouts could have been plans for the future.
The night before they intend to move, male orangutans face in the direction they want to take and make “long calls,” according to anthropologists at the University of Zurich. Those calls ward off rival males, attract potential mates, and let any followers in on the route, too. What’s most interesting to researchers, though, is the timing of the calls. They’re made a day in advance, meaning orangutans think about the future, an ability once thought to be exclusively human. Read more…
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