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A case report of a novel type of stick use by wild chimpanzees

✍ Scribed by Takeshi Nishimura; Naobi Okayasu; Yuzuru Hamada; Juichi Yamagiwa

Book ID
106313867
Publisher
Springer Japan
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
260 KB
Volume
44
Category
Article
ISSN
0032-8332

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