{"id":2433,"date":"2016-03-28T01:30:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T01:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrugstore.md\/blog\/?p=2433"},"modified":"2013-03-22T03:53:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T03:53:11","slug":"apes-share-food-l0328","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/current-health-news\/apes-share-food-l0328\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiment Shows Apes Share Food With Strangers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humans are a social bunch. Dining and drinking together are past times that date back to ancient times, but it appears humans aren\u2019t the only ones who seek friendship \u2013 so do apes.<\/p>\n

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Apes will share food with unknown apes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A recent study shows apes are more willing to share food and have a meal with strangers than eat alone, or risk wasting food.<\/p>\n

The research, conducted at Duke University, tested a group of apes to see just how charitable and social they are. The study shows apes are more likely to share with a stranger than they are with an ape they know.<\/p>\n

“The pairs that are unfamiliar with each other are the ones that shared most often,” says JingZhi Tan, a graduate student at Duke University who created a series of tests with apes in a sanctuary in the Congo.<\/p>\n

According to NPR<\/a>, it\u2019s unclear why the apes do this. Whether they seek friendship or any other form of payback isn\u2019t known.<\/p>\n

Friendly, but in danger<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bonobos have a reputation for being easy-going; in fact, some researchers refer to them as the hippies of the ape kingdom. While they aren\u2019t aggressive, they are losing their homeland to violence. A bloody civil war has raged on for a decade in the Congo, where Bonobos live.<\/p>\n

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It’s unclear why apes are willing to share their food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Conservationists say the population is dropping to dangerously low levels, as the animals are poached for meat and fur.<\/p>\n

“The decade of war in the late 1990s resulted in extensive population displacement, military\/rebel movements and a greater availability of firearms and ammunition, which contributed to increased hunting of wildlife, including bonobos,” says Dominique Morel, who supports the only sanctuary for bonobos called Lola Ya Bonobo.<\/p>\n

At this point, the actual population is unknown because no one can get an accurate count with constant violence occurring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Humans are a social bunch. Dining and drinking together are past times that date back to ancient times, but it appears humans aren\u2019t the only ones who seek friendship \u2013 so do apes. A recent study shows apes are more willing to share food and have a meal with strangers than eat alone, or risk […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-health-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t