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Is there an ape for that? Orangutans plan trips

By Seth Borenstein
Published September 11, 2013 9:48pm ET
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Is there an ape for that? Orangutans plan trips
This photo provided by Carel van Schaik shows the orangutan Arno in the jungle of Sumatra in 1998 looking in the direction he intends to travel the next day and letting out a long whooping call to alert others of his route just in case they need to follow him or stay clear. What Arno did hundreds of times tells scientists that advance planning and social networking about your trip aren’t just human traits. The results are detailed in a new study published Wednesday in the journal PLoS One, followed the male orangutans in hundreds of trips starting back in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Perry van Duijnhoven) | Perry van Duijnhoven

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the ape equivalent of Google Maps and Facebook. The night before a big trip, Arno the orangutan plots his journey and lets others know where he is going with a long, whooping call.

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