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Orang-utans use water to solve peanut puzzle.

Orang-utans can solve a brain-teaser that would vex many human minds, researchers have found.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on July 4, 2007 12:01 AM |

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While not doubting that the experiment happened I am a little suspicious of the video. The delay between seeing the floating peanut and going for water is too short for problem solving. The Orang-utan is repeating a learned behaviour in my opinion.

Posted by: Brent | July 4, 2007 01:52 PM

I was just wondering why the Orangs weren't able to simply pour the water in the bottle into the tube. Maybe I'm missing something.

Posted by: bob steinman | July 9, 2007 05:07 PM

If one accepts the conclusions of this experiment, and I do, then one wonders why such an intelligent animal is being kept is such a small cage.

Posted by: Joe | July 9, 2007 11:43 PM

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