Wild African ape reactions to novel camera traps
Thursday, March 14, 2019 - 12:34
in Biology & Nature
An international team of researchers analyzed video from remote camera-trap devices placed in ape-populated forests throughout Africa to see how wild apes would react to these unfamiliar objects. Responses varied by species, and even among individuals within the same species, but one thing was consistent throughout: the apes definitely noticed the cameras.