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Peeing is contagious in chimpanzees, study suggests
By Jonathan Lambert While watching a group of captive chimpanzees for her graduate research, Ena Onishi noticed something odd about the primates. “They seemed to have a tendency to urinate around the same time,” said Onishi, a wildlife researcher at Kyoto University. “It reminded me of some human behaviors of going to the bathroom together,…
Peeing Is Contagious among Chimps
Peeing Is Contagious among Chimps Just as people often yawn or scratch themselves when they see someone else do so, for chimpanzees, peeing is contagious By Meghan Bartels edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) urinating in tree, Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda, Africa. Join Our Community of Science Lovers! Some primates pee together. Ena…