Orang Utan Study

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Present Tense

1.    groups use leaves to clean themselves or protect their hands from sharp objects

2.    the animals use sticks as tools to remove insects from holes in trees

3.    Other orangutans use sticks to remove seeds from fruit or to touch their bodies

4.    The animals climb up a dead tree and ride on the tree as it falls down

5.    They hold onto another tree just before the dead tree hits the ground

6.    Scientists say the growing amount of evidence about animal culture reduces the differences between humans and animals and between culture and nature.

7.    members of some groups make a kissing noise by tightening their mouths and sucking in air.

Past-Tense

1. They found evidence that orangutan groups have different ways to communicate

2. They are learned from others and passed on to individuals.

3. Science magazine published the study about orangutans

4. The scientists collected evidence from years of observations in six areas on Borneo and Sumatra.

5. The scientists found that the animals demonstrated a total of twenty-four signs of cultural activity.

6. Several actions were demonstrated in some orangutan groups, but not others.

7. The scientists found that some of the animals use sticks as tools to remove insects from holes in trees

8. The study also found that some orangutan groups play a sport for fun

9. scientists thought that only humans had cultures.

10. evidence forsocially-learned traditions among animals is increasing

11. The best evidence came from a study of chimpanzees in Africa in nineteen-ninety-nine

By: Litha Raeska Rafius