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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Orangutans "Play Charades" to Communicate With People


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A female Sumatran orangutan and her two-year-old daughter forage at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on the British island of Jersey.

These apes were part of a new study of orangutan behavior that shows that captive animals "play charades" to communicate with their human helpers.

Photograph by Erica Cartmill