Welcome to a fascinating exploration of Orangutan intelligence! This video delves into the remarkable world of Orangutan tool use, challenging previous assumptions about animal cognition.

Dec 12, 2024 · Among the great apes, orangutans stand out for their complex tool use, which may hold important clues about how early human technologies evolved.

Use this video and supporting materials from NATURE: Orangutan Eden to examine how orangutans make and use tools. Using text-dependent questions, writing prompts and video, students will learn …

Nov 27, 2025 · Orangutans often use tools to help them with tasks such as foraging. Sheila and her offspring Silva however, have learnt to steal the boats from camp to travel to new forest areas!

A number of reasons have been put forward to explain the discrepancy in the level of tool use, tool manipulation and innovation observed between wild and ex-captive orangutan populations.

Orangutans' tool use is simply amazing. From constructing a “cherry picker” lift to crafting a new mattress and blanket each night, orangutans know how to engineer the forest to their advantage. …

Jul 16, 2025 · Tool use among orangutans provides insight into human evolution since early hominins likely exhibited similar behaviors millions of years ago. Understanding how orangutans develop and …

The sophisticated tool use displayed by orangutans offers insights into their cognitive abilities. Their actions demonstrate complex problem-solving skills, as they adapt available materials to meet …

In contrast to their wild counterparts, captive and rehabilitant orangutans demonstrated a rich array of flexible tool behavior, at least as complex as that demonstrated by chimpanzees under similar …

Our basis for exploring creativity includes the tools that orangutans have been observed using, identified in our observational records of rehabilitant orangutan behavior and recent reviews of primate and …