Cathy wants to know if you have thoughts on primates having bonafied culture. They absolutely have cultures. Different wild chimpanzies in different countries will hunt differently or behave slightly differently. Zoo groups will have their own cultures as well, just things they've learned within this zoo. And so it's interesting, like, if you you don't move, chimpansis a ton. But if you do, one will move and like, teach things to a new community,. which is kind of cool.
Settle in with Alie Ward and guest Kate Gilmore, a professional primatologist and lead keeper of the great apes and Old World monkeys at the Los Angeles Zoo. Learn about chimpanzee mating, why zookeepers don't wear FitBits, primate DRAAAMA, the erroneous philosophy behind truck nuts and what happens in the middle the night at the zoo. Also get some good info on primate conservation and how to be a friend to orangutans.
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Music by Nick Thorburn
Mixing and final production by Jason Scardamalia