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Did you know that chimpanzees use tools? Chimpanzees 'fish' for termites in termite mounds by stripping thin twigs of leaves and poking them into the tunnels in the mound. Termites will grab onto the twig and be lifted out to the chimpanzee's waiting mouth!


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Dead turtles puzzle biologists
More than 200 dead loggerhead turtles were washed ashore on beaches in North Carolina this week. Fishing nets were wrapped around four of the dead turtles, suggesting that commercial fishermen were to blame for the deaths. Loggerhead turtles are a threatened species.
12 MAY 2000
The Globe and Mail
12 MAY 2000

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