So a new study suggests that apes can have
a long lasting social memories similar to humans.
The study,
senior author said he was inspired to look into
the topic after years of working with apes and noticing
that they were able to recognize him even
after long periods of time between interactions,
listen to how he confirmed his theory.
His team showed participating apes two photos. One was of an ape that had died or
left their sanctuary while the other photo was of an ape
they never seen before with eye tracking devices.
Researchers found apes took longer looks at photos of apes that they knew
in comparison to strangers. The study was published
in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Hannah.
Uh It's,
it's just sort of can we just keep watching this
video for a few minutes because it's just bringing,
it's just making me very happy.
Um I
this makes sense, right?
Because it's just a lot of research out there
and just a few documentaries that I've seen that
these animals are a lot smarter than we give
them credit for closest to the human species.
They say so, not too surprising. What about you?
What?
You were surprised that people think that animals don't remember and don't have
social,
especially apes. Yeah. It's like, do you need a study to confirm that?
But I'm glad we have evidence now. Thanks for showing that video.
Guys, I can watch that all day long.