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Alligators bury their eggs with leaves, which then decompose at a temperature of 25?C (80?F) which is the optimum temperature for the eggs to hatch.


Chimps able to puree own food, experts find


Chimps able to puree own food, experts find
Spanish primatologists studying chimps at the Madrid University Zoo recently observed a female who does not have any teeth eating apples by rubbing them against a wall and then licking off the ‘puree’ of apple that was left there. Other chimps within the group began to imitate her actions, and today 6 members of a group of 9 chimps are doing exactly the same thing.
AUGUST 17, 2000
The Globe and Mail
AUGUST 17, 2000

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