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Animal faith is the study of animal behaviours that suggest proto-religious faith. It is commonly believed that religion and faith are unique to humans, [1] [2] [3] largely due to the typical dictionary definition of the word religion (see e.g. Wiktionary or Dictionary.com) requiring belief in a deity, which has not been observed in non-human animals. [4]
Wild chimpanzees can charge at females, shake branches, hit, slap, kick, pound, drag, and bite them. Orangutans are among the most forceful of mammals. Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) exhibited aggression in almost 90 percent of their copulations, including when the females were not resisting. [13]
A 2008 study of two orangutans at the Leipzig Zoo showed orangutans may practise "calculated reciprocity", which involves an individual aiding another with the expectation of being paid back. Orangutans are the first nonhuman species documented to do so.
Talk about a cool story! CBS News shared some interesting news about an orangutan named Rakus who used a specific plant to treat a wound. The video was shared on Saturday, May 4th and it has ...
According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Sumatran orangutan is on the critically endangered list. This distinction means that the species faces an extremely high ...
The orangutan watched as the magician shuffles a deck of cards then choose one to place it on the window of his enclosure. The performer then 'transported' the chosen card from one side of the ...
Examples of solitary primates: orangutans, galagos, lorises, some species of lemurs, some tarsiers. Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar) pair-bond. Pair-bonded systems, or pair-living primates, are small social units consisting of one adult male and one adult female, and their immature offspring. There are factors of time and space that define this type ...
Female primates have been observed to actively defend territory from potentially infanticidal females, as seen in chimpanzees. [19] In order to recruit the non-parental assistance in defense, female chacma baboons utilize "friendships" with males, wherein the male forms a bond with the infant until weaning, that may serve to protect their ...