As with the chimpanzees, orangutans use tools made from branches and leaves to scratch, scrape, wipe, sponge, swat, fan, hook, probe, scoop, pry, chisel, hammer, cover, cushion and …

Use this video and supporting materials from NATURE: Orangutan Eden to examine how orangutans make and use tools. Using text-dependent questions, writing prompts and video, …

Studies have shown social learning and cultures contribute substantially to orangutans’ level of innovation in the wild, with many of the different types of tool use observed being passed down …

In parts of Borneo, for example, orangutans use handfuls of leaves as napkins to wipe their chins while orangutans in parts of Sumatra use leaves as gloves, helping them handle spiny fruits …

2013年1月1日 · In this chapter we try to relate these somewhat contradictory views to the relatively rare occurrence of habitual and complex tool use in wild orangutans, especially when …

2025年7月16日 · Orangutans use tools in their natural habitats primarily out of necessity driven by ecological challenges such as accessing food, protecting themselves from environmental …

2024年12月12日 · A recent Outlook article authored by Dr. Robert Shumaker and Dr. Christopher Martin, both of the Indianapolis Zoo, delves into the existing research into ways that …

The aim of this study was to investigate how orangutans´ decision-making processes are affected by tool-use. Orangutans are the largest predominantly arboreal frugivores that regularly use …

Orangutans' tool use is simply amazing. From constructing a “cherry picker” lift to crafting a new mattress and blanket each night, orangutans know how to engineer the forest to their …

2022年4月12日 · Using zoo-housed orangutans, two in Norway and three in the United Kingdom, the team ran experiments to determine whether the apes could make and use a stone tool for cutting purposes.