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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Monkeys That Floss With Human Hair Learn From Mom?


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A female long-tailed macaque seems to be teaching a baby how to floss using a piece of fake human hair supplied by researchers.

A March 2009 paper describes how the female monkeys slow down and exaggerate their motions when they notice their young watching them floss.

Photograph courtesy Nobuo Masataka