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Enrichment Puzzle

May 6, 2010 by Jackie

Recently, I saw a video from a study of chimpanzee cognition in which chimps were presented with a peanut inside a clear tube that was mounted to the outside of their enclosure. Within a short amount of time, the chimp began filling the tube with water so that the nut would float to the top. Genius! So, yesterday I decided to see how these guys would handle the problem and zip-tied a couple of nut-filled bottles to the outside of the caging. Clearly, my method of attaching the bottles wasn’t quite as elaborate as the one used in the study, since the chimps could just turn them over, but it did keep them busy and entertained for quite some time!

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  1. leslie sodaro says

    May 6, 2010 at 3:00 pm

    LOVE IT!

  2. Linda (Portland, OR) says

    May 6, 2010 at 3:22 pm

    Pretty amazing. Never get tired of watching them figure things out. Of course I’d get excited just watching them, watching paint dry!!

    Thx Jackie!!

  3. Theresa says

    May 6, 2010 at 4:17 pm

    LOL! Smart!

  4. Connie says

    May 6, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    Jackie what a wonderful way to keep the chimps entertained. You could tell that they like the challenge!

  5. katmorrell says

    May 6, 2010 at 6:20 pm

    They are al so curious and clever.

  6. Anna says

    May 6, 2010 at 6:47 pm

    Aha! It looks like they learned from each other! That’s pretty slick. 🙂

  7. Candy (Tyler, Texas) says

    May 6, 2010 at 8:45 pm

    Jackie, the video you mentioned, that chimpanzee is in a cage with vertifical bars, not mesh caging. I think the mesh caging was more time consuming, but even with that difference. our chimps still wanted what was inside those bottles. I had to LOL when Jamie was kicking the bottle, upside down, very funny. I was glad to see Mr. B come over to take a peek inside the bottle and when Foxie gave him a kiss and he gave her a hug. I’m proud that Foxie’s persistence paid off and that Jody came over to see what’s going on, great video.

    Here’s the link to the video on YouTube:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW0jDPv54ZM

  8. Monica says

    May 6, 2010 at 10:40 pm

    Wonderful…loved watching them figure out the puzzle.

  9. chimp pal says

    May 7, 2010 at 5:17 am

    WOW!!!!!!! This proves their intelligence is there and working. I hope you dont tire of getting new ideas to challenge our friends.

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