The Secret Culture of the Apes | Free Documentary Nature
The Secret Culture of the Apes | Free Documentary Nature
The Secret Culture of the Apes | Wildlife Documentary
Watch ‘Go Ape – The Fascinating World of Primates’ here: https://youtu.be/V3auPw3Ee3M
We are on the trail of an enigma: Do chimpanzees really pass on their knowledge and skills to other group members and offspring? Recent research has supported this theory, meaning that man and ape are…
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We are on the trail of an enigma: do chimpanzees really pass on their knowledge and skills to other group members and offspring? Recent research has supposed this theory, meaning that man and ape are more alike than we previously thought.
We journey into the forest of Uganda, accompanying primatologists that guide us through tier behavioral research on the great apes. Alot of watching and waiting and sifting through material comes with the job. We observe the creative ways chimps use their tools, along with their understanding of communication skills while foraging and hunting.
The researchers use spectacular field experiment-footage to answer the questions: Can a previously foreign cultural feature be implemented into a group of chimpanzees? Together with Jane Goodall, whose research and findings on primates triggered a scientific breakthrough in the 1960s, we set out to find the extent of similarities between man and ape. Using captivating footage of apes living in the wild, coming face to face with the researchers, we discover what science has not yet been able to explain.
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To think that this is question we’re asking about chimps, when we can’t even acknowledge the difference between human cultures and races gives me a chuckle.
So lovely.
Sit back down fool
Through the eyes of a chimpanzee, humans must be the ultimate masterpiece of curiosity!
East African Chimpanzee tribes. Properly planting Trees and Vines that bear the Food intended for Chimpanzee. Maybe Potatoes and Carrots. Tomatoes. Oranges and Apples. Watermelon. The area these tribes are being filmed appears congested. An area nearby less congested to plant and grow food for Chimpanzee is Humans responsibility. There must be other Humans that see the shortage of Food the reason tribes attack other tribes. Maybe hopefully we are planting food and the violence problem among Chimpanzee tribes is over. I live in Philadelphia. I'm thinking of ways to find out.
These masks are not protecting from disease. They need n95 masks
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Many researchers make the mistake of defending their hypothesis over another, sometimes vehemently. During this debate, they see the other idea as wrong and fail to see any of its merits. Noticing a unique or significant behavior doesn't make that observation your property, but the pointless and regressive competition due to the "publish or perish" culture means quality data will always go missing. We need a Google Translate app for chimp-to-English, AI would do well here.
Calling a stick a tool is a very loose use of the word
Now I worked as a motorcycle mechanic a car mechanic and the operating room technician so I have a vast knowledge of using tools plus I worked at home construction I know thousands of humans here in Los Angeles me at age 56 that have never used tools all races of humans now here it is the Monkees using basic tools
Those men studying chimps' use of tools, while wearing their masks and not realizing the microbes blow out the sides of the masks, rendering that mask(tool) ineffective. Carlin said, "man is nothing more than a semi-civilized beast, barely out of the jungle"
cant you make documentary without adding the humans
So much of this is seen in Monkey Life
The need for humans to feel special should be studied. We are not the first creatures to dominate the planet and we wont be the last. We aren't even the first intelligent cultured homo either yet, somehow we are special. We are just a small blip in the timeline and when our species dies off as it will theoretically/scientifically another creature will rise to the top.
its basically the slight difference in chromosomes
Zero population of chimps would be better ! More population of other species would occur !
Today chef gruber will serve log with a honey emulsion
An honourable lady Jane, she respects life…Birds build complex nests, all our behaviours are in our genes…Apes, including ourselves are no different. We are designed by God as part of a great jigsaw of life. …we fit to our environment
Do any apes other than Humans have blue eyes? Im not asking because I think Im smart, Im asking because none of apes in this documentary have blue eyes.
One thing's true, and that's Homo sapiens did not originate from Africa.
Trump might have gotten back into the White House, but he still hasn’t got any culture.
@11:27 "some orangutangs, when it's really raining hard and are making a nest will weave a big roof of leaves and branches and this is really an effective way to stay dry".
Actually, they're still extremely wet and damp. The better way to say this would be to note how the orangutans are shielding themselves from the rain hitting them while simultaneously dispersing some or most of the rain. These guys are nowhere near dry even in their best case scenario. It's still a really neat observation, he just had a really poor articulation of the result.
Also note, that if you hypothetically took several extended families of orangutangs and somehow allowed them to evolve generationally both culturally and genetically over time OUT OF THE JUNGLE and in a different environment with compounding and growing challenges and advancements, they too would adapt an evolve similarly but at a different rate than what modern humans humans experienced as we also generationally, culturally and genetically compounded our progress across time. So what we're seeing in the cultural, social and genetic behavior of current orangutans is based on their environment limited to life in the jungle.
@8:27 That kissing smooching sound that orangutans make is NOT ONLY a 'threat' sound as this man poorly chose to describe it as. It's actually better described as a sign of agitation. Meaning, they are stressed about something. It does not mean threat necessarily. In fact, it's further away from the definition of a threat than it is much closer to the definition of stress or anxiety. It's an expression from these highly intelligent animals.
I have to say that I'm disappointed that somebody who supposedly so closely works with these amazing animals wouldn't have the intelligence himself to better define this type of behavior from orangutangs.
@8:27 That kissing, smooching sound that orangutans make is NOT ONLY a 'threat' sound as this man poorly chose to describe it as. It's actually better described as a sign of agitation, stress, or anxiety. Meaning, they are stressed about something. It does not mean 'threat' necessarily. In fact, it's further away from the definition of a threat than it is much closer to the definition of stress or anxiety. It's an expression from these highly intelligent animals. They will make this sound in a variety of situations and it has nothing specifically and only to do with a 'threat'.
I have to say that I'm disappointed that somebody who supposedly so closely works with these amazing animals wouldn't have the intelligence himself to better define this type of behavior from orangutangs. In this case, this humans own bias, and his own cultural background actually skewed his interpretation of something much more inherently 'organic' from the orangutan. Here, in this case, this human being, oversimplified something he doesn't understand. Imagine the hypocrisy. 😂
@8:55 they're mentioning taking the leaves and kissing them and throwing them out, at least in this particular field site. Well, it's actually also common for orangutans to take leaves and wipe their eyes and then discard the leaves as a sign of stress or anxiety.
@12:22 "do chimpanzees receive their skills and intelligence to use tools genetically or culturally?"
(paraphrasing there)
The answer is both. Just like humans. Though we are a product of evolution, we are also in the limited group of living species that can teach, learn and pass on information as simultaneous genetic evolution occurs.
But I really wish a thought our documentary like this would ask the question in the right way. It's not either or. An intelligent way to ask that question would include 'both' as an option.
Remember, these chimpanzees live in a jungle. Imagine if you had to live in a jungle. We don't think the same way even if we were the same. Even humans who would be forced to live in a jungle would think different than the rest of us living in society. That is of course in addition to the species difference, obviously. I just wanted to point out a difference that most don't rationalize immediately, or they skip over.
I love interpreting their personalities but remember, it's not apples to apples here. It's not even apples to oranges. It's more like apples to carrots! They're living environment is so different than ours that trying to draw comparisons in personalities, culture, social behavior, etc is so distinctly different that it's hard to process as a human. As I am sure it is for them as well.
Orangutans are a little bit more fun to watch and think about I think. But I still really enjoy watching these guys' personalities. Orangutans though have more distinct personalities in my observations.
I’ve seen humans act just like these animals.😮
Birds use ‘tools’ a lot better than chimps !
Look like ftance culture s. Ame ape culture ❤
Chimpanzees are so smart
"The average human can't compose an opera or construct a computer".
Yes, human culture has given us dominion over animals, but on a one to one basis humans are not that far ahead of some other species. Only maybe one in a million people ever do anything to advance the human race. Take away those people and we're still living in caves.