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Learning style predicts survival skills in young orangutans

To fare well as independent orangutans, infants need to learn many survival skills, arguably the most important of which are feeding skills. Orangutan infants spend their first eight years with their mothers, and throughout this time, they can draw on their knowledge.

Learning style predicts survival skills in young orangutans

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Orangutan infants spend their first eight years with their mothers, and throughout this time, they can draw on their knowledge.

To fare well as independent orangutans, infants need to learn many survival skills, arguably the most important of which are feeding skills.

After that, however, orangutans are entirely on their own.

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Orangutan infants spend their first eight years with their mothers, and throughout this time, they can draw on their knowledge. To fare well as independent orangutans, infants need to learn many survival skills, arguably the most important of which are feeding skills. After that, however, orangutans are entirely on their own.

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  • After that, however, orangutans are entirely on their own.

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