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This section introduces you to 115 video clips from our chimpanzee field research site in Bossou and Nimba.
By clicking the link, you can watch the videos in "The Chimpanzees of BOSSOU AND NIMBA - our sister site."

Nut-cracking

 

The oil palm Making palm oil Hand preference Nut-cracking Choice of tools Changing hammer stone Brittle stones Inadequate hammer Stabilizing the anvil stone Other ways of stabilizing the anvil Metatool: wedge stone use Transporting stone tools How to obtain stone tools? Retrieving stone tools Deception Nut-cracking can be dangerous Carrying nuts Competent nut-crackers
See 18 clips

Learning nut-cracking

 

Mother's patience Acquiring a taste for nuts Mother's tolerance Observing closely Showing an interest in stones Stealing her sibling's nut Experiencing every step in nut-cracking process Selecting one's own nuts Stealing the mother's nut Trying to crack the mother's nut The challenge of combining the stones and the nuts Education by master-apprenticeship Putting several nuts on the anvil stone Never give up First success Accidentally hitting her foot The adults who cannot use stone tools Young chimpanzees who cannot use stone tools
See 18 clips

Other tool-uses

 

Coula nuts: unfamilliar nuts Cracking open Coula nuts Algae scooping Ant dipping 1 Ant dipping2 Palm wine Use of leaves for drinking palm wine Probing stick Pestle-pounding in oil palms 1 Pestle-pounding in oil palms 2 Use of leaves for drinking water Drinking tool 1 Drinking tool 2 The hole to observe drinking behavior 1 The hole to observe drinking behavior 2 Infant learning how to use a drinking tool
See 16 clips

The habitat of the chimpanzees and the village

 

The forest of Bossou The forest and the village of Bossou Life of Bossou Members of the Bossou community Crossing the road 1 Crossing the road 2 Crossing the road 3 Crossing the road 4 Dangers of the forest Deforestation Selecting ripe figs The umbrella tree The black mulberry Eating young leaves Wadging fruit Rice-pith feeding Oil-palm fruit Other food items
See 18 clips

Play / Mother-offspring relationship

 

Sibling's wound A mother and her daughters Solitary play Vagetation provides many toys Chasing games 1 Chasing games 2 A mother monitors the game Rough play Play by adult male Mother and son 1 Mother and son 2 Tickling each other Young females and infants 1 Young females and infants 2 Mother's tolerance
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Social relationships

 

Co-feeding Papaya fruit sharing Adolescent male Adolescent male and adult female Intelligence and strength The front and the rear positions 1 The front and the rear positions 2 Display Fight How to stop fighting Taking care of a sick infant A seriousely sick infant Death of an infant chimpanzee Charging display using infant's corpse
See 14 clips

Communication / other

 

Scream Food-grunt Leaf-clipping Pant-hoot Reassurance gestures Rump-rump contact 1 Rump-rump contact 2 Greeting Grooming Hand and foot Grasping with toes Brachiation Shoulder joint problem Day bed Taking a nap Night bed
See 16 clips