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Wild chimpanzees remember and revisit concealed, underground army ant nest locations throughout multiple years.
Commun Biol
December 2024
Jane Goodall Institute Spain in Senegal, Dindefelo Biological Station, Kedougou, Senegal.
Article Synopsis
- Chimpanzees exhibit advanced spatiotemporal cognition by using memory to locate and revisit underground army ant nests, showing they can track both spatial locations and the timing of food availability.
- Over a five-year study (2018-2022) using camera traps, researchers observed 679 visits to these nests and found that many chimps returned to the nests more frequently than to sites without ants.
- The study indicates that chimpanzees utilize various senses and tools to detect ants, providing new insights into their cognitive strategies for foraging and suggesting that such behaviors may influence the evolution of cognition in primates.
Savanna chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) crop feeding at Dindefelo, Senegal: challenges and implications for conservation.
Primates
July 2024
Jane Goodall Institute Spain in Senegal, Dindefelo Biological Station, Dindefelo, Senegal.
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are categorized as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and habitat loss due to conversion of land for agriculture is one of the major threats to wild populations of this species. This challenging scenario can lead to negative human-chimpanzee interactions, including crop feeding. Chimpanzees consume crops across their geographical range, although little is known about this behavior in savanna habitats.
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