Chongqing Yongchuan Lehe Ledu scenic spot in a chimpanzee named "Yu Hui" fire, this time caused people to talk about is that "Yu Hui" is concentrating on cutting his own nails, in the video, it skillfully uses nail clippers to cut his own nails, trimming looks like it.
The staff said that it would be trimmed before, and every time it was trimmed, it was observed very carefully and carefully, and it was directly given a nail clipper at the New Year this year, and I did not expect it to be used as soon as it was used.
In fact, this is not the first time that "Yuhui" has appeared in the public eye, before that it was already an Internet celebrity chimpanzee. People love it because it's so smart that it's learned a number of skills, including, but not limited to, washing your hands with soap, washing your clothes, push-ups, handstands, and flips.
When talking about why the chimpanzee learned the human way of life, the staff said that all this was learned by Yuhui in the process of enrichment.
Abundance is a measure taken by breeders to avoid the boring feeling of animals living in a limited space, so that stereotyped behavior occurs. Abundance generally includes the renovation of the venue and the improvement of eating methods, such as hiding food in mineral water bottles and letting the animals find their own way to obtain it. Or pour the urine of predators or prey here to keep them alert to their environment.
But for "Yuhui", the enrichment measures taken by the staff seem too simple, and each "Yuhui" can be easily completed. In the process of daily getting along, the staff found that "Yuhui" showed interest in the behavior of human washing rags, so the staff gave it a piece of clothing, did not expect that it really washed up in a similar way, and even learned to use soap.
Chimpanzees and humans
"Yuhui" has gained the love of human beings at the same time, but also let people feel the pressure, you know, for a long time people think that the use of tools, is one of the most obvious differences between humans and animals.
Chimpanzees and bonobos, on the other hand, are currently the closest species to humans, separating from humans about 4-6 million years ago.
As a result, many people are worried that chimpanzees will use tools, that they will learn too many human skills and become a new type of human. Is there such a possibility?
In fact, we don't need to worry about the performance of chimpanzees "Yuhui", because scientists now believe that the use of tools is not a patent of humans, and chimpanzees in wild populations will use branches of different thicknesses to dig ants, of which thicker branches are used to dig and thinner branches are used for dipping.
Not only that, but scientists have also observed that Panamanian monkeys seem to have entered the "Stone Age", where monkeys will use stones to smash nuts, and it should be noted that early humans used stone tools.
In addition to using tools, scientists have also found in Australia that birds use "fire", and there is a bird known locally as the "fire eagle", which will steal the fire in people's stoves and bring it into the forest to set fire; or in the event of a forest fire, they will stick the branches with fire to the forest that is not yet on fire. In this way, the animals in the forest will be burned to death, and they will be able to obtain food effortlessly.
From the perspective of using tools, humans are not the only creatures in nature that can use tools, but even if they all learn to use tools, it is difficult to evolve a "new type of human being".
The reason is simple, these animals only use tools, not make tools. For example, although the chimpanzee "Yuhui" wears a mask, he cannot make a mask from leaves or other materials; he will not cut clothes to fit himself. They use ready-made tools and can't use imagination to make tools.
For example, before humans made the first axe, there was no axe in nature, but human beings used abstract thinking ability to conceive the general structure of the axe in their minds in advance, and then made it. The chimpanzee "Yuhui" could not rely on imagination to make a simple axe, and could only use a ready-made axe.
Therefore, it is not a patent of humans to use tools, but making complex tools, especially tools that do not exist in nature, is what makes humans human.
Although the chimpanzee "Yuhui" can not make tools, its learning ability is really too strong, can wash clothes, will wear masks, will read books and newspapers, but also handstand and other skills, can't help but sigh that "after the founding of the country is not allowed to become a jing", but the chimpanzee "Yuhui" really wants to become a jing!
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