Chimpanzee Shows Off Tool Use During Drone Takedown
- 9 years ago
A recent study describes forward-thinking tool use by chimpanzees by highlighting an incident at a Netherlands Zoo in April where one member successfully swatted down a drone with a stick.
Despite all the advances, technology is often still no match for Mother Nature.
This seemed to be the case when a drone filming a captive group of chimpanzees was knocked down by one using a tree branch.
The incident happened at the Netherlands’ Royal Burgers’ Zoo back in April, but researchers only recently published a study describing the animal’s use of the branch as a tool.
In footage recovered from the downed drone, one of the female chimps can be seen si
Despite all the advances, technology is often still no match for Mother Nature.
This seemed to be the case when a drone filming a captive group of chimpanzees was knocked down by one using a tree branch.
The incident happened at the Netherlands’ Royal Burgers’ Zoo back in April, but researchers only recently published a study describing the animal’s use of the branch as a tool.
In footage recovered from the downed drone, one of the female chimps can be seen si