Flossing monkeys teach offspring

Published: 13 March 2009 y., Friday

A group of long-tailed macaques in Thailand was spotted flossing using strands of human hair.  

 

What's even more remarkable, say Japanese researchers, is that parents are teaching their offspring how to floss.

 

Šaltinis: Reuters
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