Are Apes Risk Averse?

Penelope Le Con from the Universite de Nuchetel wanted to find out. But first, how do you get the ape subjects to play along? Food. Either fruit like grape or vegetables like carrots or beetroot. Once the gorillas and orangutans were on board with the game, did they stick or twist? In this kind of experiment, yes. Like humans, they preferred a safe option. So apes match humans risk averse in this particular setup. If there's a tray with multiple cups, one of which has a larger reward under it, then the average person is more likely to risk their safe option. And it appears our primate relatives are the same