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The Skeptics Guide #867 - Feb 19 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Orangtans in Captivity - What Did They Do?

Scientists have observed untrained orangatans in captivity that, when provided with a hammer and a rock corpe, spontaneously used the hammer to create sharp rocks. And they then used a which they then used as a cutting tool. So this is e fiction. But so you guys were correct that something did happen. Just not this. This was just beyond what the arangtans did. It's o like they'll learn how to work withi and eventually it'll be even better than natural sight, even better.

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