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Chimpanzees fish for termites with prepared sticks
They select, trim and sometimes bend a twig before inserting it Jane Goodall's observations in the 1960s overthrew the idea that only humans make tools. Different communities use different techniques, which suggests culture. Some chimpanzee groups also use stone hammers to crack nuts. It sits in Mondo's animals collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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Chimpanzees fish for termites with prepared sticks: the short answers
- Where does this come from, and can I check it?
- They select, trim and sometimes bend a twig before inserting it. The figure is taken from Jane Goodall Institute, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
- Is this really a animals fact?
- Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
- What else can I read about it?
- The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.