First observation of tool use in wild gorillas

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2041-2043

  Breuer, Thomas ^a,b   Ndoundou Hockemba, Mireille ^a   Fishlock, Vicki ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONGO; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; GORILLA; INTELLIGENCE; NONHUMAN; SWAMP; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA; PHASMATODEA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 27844460718     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030380     Document Type: Article

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