“I knew there was something going on.” Orangutans heard ‘gossiping’ in Borneo forest. Here’s what they’re saying - BBC Wildlife Magazine
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Orangutans are one of the most solitary species of great apes – but a long-term study has discovered that orangutan mothers will interrupt their solitude to make sure their offspring have ‘playdates’.
The findings, published in the journal PNAS, reveal that mothers look for opportunities for their young to play with similarly-aged playmates – travelling further away from their ‘core’ area and towards another mother’s core area to do so.
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