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A new study has found that chimpanzees are more likely to urinate after observing a fellow chimp do so, particularly if they ...

People often go to the bathroom in groups, and according to new research chimpanzees do the same, possibly to strengthen ...

A new study has described a phenomenon researchers refer to as 'contagious urinations.' The study in 20 captive chimpanzees living at the Kumamoto Sanctuary in Japan shows that, when one chimp pees, ...

A new study reported in Current Biology on January 20 is the first to describe a phenomenon researchers refer to as ...

Scientists suggest captive chimpanzees engage in ‘socially contagious urination’—that is, when one primate starts peeing, others quickly follow suit Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent A new ...

A unique discovery in Uganda's Kibale National Park reveals a special gesture used by chimpanzee Beryl and her daughter Lindsay. This gesture, which involves placing a hand over Beryl's eye ...

"Urination, a seemingly simple physiological act, can also spread socially within a group." A recent study in the journal Current Biology led by scientists at Kyoto University's Wildlife Research ...

Hate waiting in line for the bathroom? Chimpanzees have a social solution: Go all at once. A new study shows that peeing is contagious in chimpanzees, making it “the first study to investigate ...

For chimpanzees, the need to pee appears to be ... There could also be a tendency for the behavior to “flow down” the dominance structure. “We were surprised to discover that the contagion ...

The study in 20 captive chimpanzees living at the Kumamoto Sanctuary ... with a tendency for the behavior to "flow down" the dominance structure, the researchers say. “We were surprised to ...

The same is true of Beryl, a chimpanzee living in Kibale National Park, in Uganda, and her young daughter, Lindsay. When Lindsay wants to climb on her mother’s back and travel, she puts one hand ...