Yoghurt in the bottom of the pot, what to do?

Children or not, every time we eat yoghurt, we face with that situation of what to do with the rest of the yoghurt in the bottom of the pot. Some people use a spoon, others, on the other hand, use their finger. What do you do?

With our brothers chimpanzees, this question is also often. When observing them, we can see a variety of ways they use to reach the remains of the yoghurt. Some of them would use their tongue, others, their fingers. The rest, go far beyond. Vitor, for instance, realized that it can be confused to reach the bottom of the pot with his fingers and even his tongue. What to do? Well, if this action can be complicated, the best would be to tear the pot in pieces in order to have an easier access. Using his teeth, Vitor slowly rips the pot allowing him to have a better use of all yoghurt.

There are many demonstrations of the intelligence and the discernment of these primates. Scientific studies reported that they are able to build their own tools and use different devices in complex activities. And there are people arguing that human beings are the only ones with brains!

After knowing that, the question is: what they differ from the human being, giving us the right to exploit them in zoos? There is no explanation to keep in captivity such an intelligent and endowed animal that share the same feelings as men. If even now you could not agree less and think that there is no harm on displaying these primates, I suggest you to swap places with them to go through what they go. Do you think you could bear such torture?

MSc. Luiz Fernando Leal Padulla
Biólogist