Language is often thought to be a uniquely human trait, but deep in the lush Kibale National Park in Uganda, a remarkable pair of chimpanzees are challenging that notion. Beryl, a chimpanzee ...

A new paper published in Current Biology suggests a novel twist on an old saying: Instead of "monkey see, monkey do," the paper proposes "chimp see, chimp pee." Well, not in so many words. But the ...

Scientists suggest captive chimpanzees engage in ‘socially contagious urination’—that is, when one primate starts peeing, others quickly follow suit Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent A new ...

Furthermore, the closer a chimp is to the first urinator, the more likely it is to follow suit. Individuals with a lower dominance status were more likely to follow the urination of others.

In a new paper in the journal Current Biology, scientists report socially contagious urination in chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives, as measured through all-occurrence recording of 20 captive ...

Urinating is a contagious behaviour among chimpanzees, a study has found. Individual chimps that see another chimp urinating will respond by also emptying their bladder, especially if the first to ...

Hate waiting in line for the bathroom? Chimpanzees have a social solution: Go all at once. A new study shows that peeing is contagious in chimpanzees, making it “the first study to investigate ...

"Urination, a seemingly simple physiological act, can also spread socially within a group." A recent study in the journal Current Biology led by scientists at Kyoto University's Wildlife Research ...

Chimpanzees living at the Kumamoto Sanctuary in Japan are also more likely to relieve themselves when others are doing so nearby, and the behavior seems to be hierarchical, "flowing down" from ...

By Annie Roth Ena Onishi, a doctoral student at Kyoto University, has spent over 600 hours watching chimpanzees urinating. She has a good reason for all that peeping, though. She is part of a team ...

The study in 20 captive chimpanzees living at the Kumamoto Sanctuary in Japan shows that, when one chimp pees, others are more likely to follow. "In humans, urinating together can be seen as a ...

People often go to the bathroom in groups, and according to new research chimpanzees do the same, possibly to strengthen group social bonds. When you purchase through links on our site ...