Mary Bates, PhD

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What Can We Learn from a Monkey Water Park?

Photo: Alyssa Arre

A new report describes social aquatic play, including swimming and diving, among young rhesus macaques. Researchers say it could teach us a lot about the functions - and long-term effects - of social play, both in monkeys and human children.

Read the post at my Animal Minds blog: What Can We Learn from a Monkey Water Park?