chimpanzee
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In captivity, at least one chimpanzee appeared to drag imaginary blocks across the floor after playing with real wooden ones.
From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026
There, she became the namesake of the Ai Project, a research programme into the "chimpanzee mind".
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
There again, maybe the laugh is on the rest of us, because these folks are still pulling down the big bucks, even after their predictions worked out worse than the proverbial blindfolded chimpanzee throwing darts.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025
In 2022, the zoo welcomed one of the most genetically valuable chimpanzee males in North America, Pu’iwa, from Hawaii.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
A chimpanzee shudders and grimaces when it touches a big black spider, like you and I would do, before squashing it angrily with its knuckles, not something you and I would do.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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