Fascinating watching this orangutan tying a knot. 🦧🪢
@davidaugust did... Did it just make ... clothes?? 😮
@Lana @davidaugust I've also seen an orangutan play peek-a-boo with a small offspring, using a table cloth!
@davidaugust I swear we’re just apes with better footwear.
@davidaugust is this almost a super hero origin. He just made his own cape...
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Tied a granny, not a square knot.
Left over right, right over left, fellow primates.
@davidaugust I was at a zoo once where they'd given the orangs some clothing and stuff to play with, and one of them had found a large safety pin among it. They were sitting by the large window of their inside enclosure, diligently using the opened pin to pick away at the putty that held the glass in the window...
@suearcher like they were working on their escape 😲

@davidaugust I wanted to know what those face flaps were. Orangutans are so interesting!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangutan

(They're face and throat flanges that dominant males develop that helps with vocal calls.)

Orangutan - Wikipedia

@davidaugust give them a few million years and they might develop a better society
@davidaugust No worse at it than I am.
@davidaugust awww he figured it out 🦧
@RiaResists I’m glad he did. Made me happy.