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Bonobo Apes Express Empathy, Willingly Help Strangers | Nat Geo Wild
New research shows that free-loving bonobos are unselfishly kind to strangers. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe About Nat Geo Wild: Welcome to a place so wild, anything can happen. Nat Geo Wild is the network all about animals from National Geographic, where every story is an adventure and your imagination is allowed to run wild. Get More Nat Geo Wild: Official Site: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILD Facebook: http://bit.ly/NGWFacebook Twitter: http://bit.ly/NGWTwitter Instagram: http://bit.ly/NGWInstagram Humans aren’t alone in relying on the kindness of strangers. When these bonobo apes at a Democratic Republic of Congo sanctuary had the chance to trigger an apple to fall in another room, they released the apples for other bonobos—even if the other ape was a stranger, and there was nothing in it for them. Scientists say this is a sign of empathy. The bonobos also found yawns contagious, another form of empathy. They yawned just as much when watching strangers or their groupmates. Click here to read "Another Heart-Warming Way Apes Beat Us at Being Human." http://ift.tt/2iMHbjq Bonobo Apes Express Empathy, Willingly Help Strangers | Nat Geo Wild https://youtu.be/N8c3JkdJ9Ug Nat Geo Wild https://www.youtube.com/user/NatGeoWild

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