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It involves the bonobo sitting in front of a touchscreen on which two images of other, unknown bonobos are presented on the left and right. The images depict positive, neutral or negative behaviour.
The bonobos were observed sitting upright more and resting less, with a subtle increase in rates of social grooming, a key behavior for reinforcing social bonds.
Two bonobo females having sex looks very different than two female albatrosses sitting placidly on their nest. Bonobo sex looks human. [Biologists: Media Sensationalizes Animal Sex] ...
Sometimes, when sitting with an iPad and raptly poking Uzu with your finger, you probably feel a little like an ape, admit it. That’s because a) you are basically just a smart ape and b) of ...
Bonobo males are larger and stronger than females, which gives them the physical upper hand to attack, force matings, and monopolize food. Like almost all other social mammals with larger males ...
Teco is a 6-month-old bonobo chimpanzee, ... Sitting on the floor with Teco and Sue last week was just like the hundreds of times I’ve sat on the floor with a mom and her kid, ...
“That’s so nice for him. Jeffrey really prefers playing football to just* sitting* there watching it. The coach keeps telling us that Jeffrey is a natural and sure to get a Big Ten scholarship.” ...
Whitaker, the zoo's bonobo keeper, began building her relationship with Qasai minutes after his birth on May 23, 2016. That day, she had been checking on his pregnant mother, Claudine, but had ...
Bonobo males are larger and stronger than females, which gives them the physical upper hand to attack, force matings, and monopolize food. Like almost all other social mammals with larger males ...