Desilets has described the three great apes as such:
It was there that the orangutan was deemed an adept problem solver-as Michelle Desilets, Executive Director of the Orangutan Land Trust has explained in several interviews, when it comes to great apes the chimp is impatient and gorillas are unmotivated but orangutans will take their time to figure out a problem. The experiences of the researchers at Camp Leakey also helps flesh out the orangutan intelligence profile.Įstablished in 1971, the camp is in Borneo, one of two native habitats of orangutans (the other being Sumatra).
We tend to believe we're the smartest species on Earth, using traditional classroom intelligence as the benchmark. From detecting tuberculosis in humans to outperforming us in memory tests, we aren't the only intelligent creatures on this planet.
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Chantek had not only learned the power of a word-that people were quick to give in for a bathroom break-but had also learned how to lie. Chimpanzees are some of the smartest animals around. He didn’t know “catsup,” but would ask for “tomato-toothpaste,” or called a Big Mac a “cheese-meat-bread.” He would also sign the word “dirty” when he needed to use the bathroom-but it was soon discovered he was often going into the bathroom to get out of doing other things. By the age of four, Chantek was improvising words when he couldn’t find or didn’t know the right one.
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