This suggests that Santino was anticipating a future mental state - an ability that has been difficult to definitively prove in animals, according to Mathias Osvath, a cognitive scientist from Lund University in Sweden and author of the new research.
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It suggests that Santino was anticipating hordes of humans coming by later, at any rate. Charming creatures, chimps.
I think I’d prefer to dodge a rock than a big ‘ol handful of poop being slung at me...