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| Title |
Captive chimpanzee takes down a drone: tool use toward a flying object
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Primates, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10329-015-0482-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jan A. R. A. M. van Hooff, Bas Lukkenaar |
| Abstract |
On 10 April 2015, a Dutch TV crew was filming at the Royal Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, The Netherlands. It was the intention to film the chimpanzees in the enclosure from close-by and from above with the means of a drone. When the drone came a bit closer to the chimpanzees, a female individual made two sweeps with a branch that she held in one hand. The second one was successful and downed the drone. The use of the stick in this context was a unique action. It seemed deliberate given the decision to collect it and carry it to a place where the drone might be attacked. This episode adds to the indications that chimpanzees engage in forward planning of tool-use acts. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 73 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 9 | 12% |
| United States | 6 | 8% |
| Japan | 5 | 7% |
| Turkey | 4 | 5% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 5% |
| Australia | 2 | 3% |
| Thailand | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 35 | 48% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 63 | 86% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | 10% |
| Scientists | 3 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 47 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 46 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 32% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 13% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Researcher | 4 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 23% |
| Unknown | 5 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 32% |
| Psychology | 5 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 9% |
| Other | 8 | 17% |
| Unknown | 7 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 335. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 July 2018.
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#97,473
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Outputs from Primates
#11
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#1,039
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