Infant peering at its mother using stick tool (VIDEO)
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A Sumatran orangutan mother is using a stick tool to extract honey from a large tree hole. Her infant is peering at her actions from a close distance, while warding off bees that emerge from the tree hole.
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Guilhem Duvot @ SUAQ Project
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