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NOVA - Season 35 Episode 12

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Title: NOVA - Season 35 Episode 12
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
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Alternative Titles: PBS新星Nova, نوا, نووآ, PBS Nova
Keyword: nature, candid, inspirational, factual, dramatic, informative, instructive

Overview: At a research site in Fongoli, Senegal, a female chimpanzee breaks off a branch, chews the end to make it sharp, and then uses this rudimentary spear to skewer a tasty bush baby hiding inside a hollow tree. It’s an astonishing breakthrough for primate researchers—the first time anyone has documented a chimpanzee wielding a carefully prepared, preplanned weapon. But it's only the latest in a slew of extraordinary new findings about ape behavior. The more researchers learn about the great apes—chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans—the more evidence they find of creative intelligence. What, then, is the essential difference between them and us? "Ape Genius," a NOVA-National Geographic special, explores that provocative question and examines research that is illuminating the ape mind. Bit by bit, investigators are finding an explanation for why the non-human great apes never made the breakthrough into a human-style culture that builds on the achievements of previous generations.

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First Air Date: Mar 03, 1974 Last Air date: Sep 24, 2025 Season: 52 Season Episode: 1012 Episode Runtime: 55:14 minutes Quality: HD IMDb: 3.961 / 10 by 129 users Popularity: 19.3425 Language: en

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