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University of Warwick: Treetop Tutorials - Orangutans Learn How to Build Their Beds by 'Peering' at Others and a Lot of Practice!
August 30, 2025
COVENTRY, England, Aug. 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Warwick issued the following news release:

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Treetop Tutorials: Orangutans learn how to build their beds by 'peering' at others and a lot of practice!

Warwick primatologists, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute, have shown that young orangutans develop their nighttime nest building skills via observational social learning - by closely watching others and then practicing these . . .

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