Animals That Can Think

Smart Animals
Finlay Mackay for TIME

Just Hanging
Apsalah dangles for MacKay's camera. Orangutans are noted for their ability to create tools. Among those noted by the University of Wisconsin's National Primate Research Center: using leafy branches as flyswatters, collecting water in cups and modifying sticks to collect insects or leaves.

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