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Gorillas play games too

Posted by (Laurence Parry) on Mon 25 Jan 2010 - 17:18 — Edited as of 18:27
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The BBC reports that like humans, gorillas play competitive games - even making the game fairer for those of lesser ability.

Dr Joanne Tanner and Professor Richard Byrne of the University of St Andrews performed the research, published in Animal Cognition.

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