[HN Gopher] Chimps prefer peeing together, 600 hours of study shows
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       Chimps prefer peeing together, 600 hours of study shows
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2025-02-24 20:53 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | PaulHoule wrote:
       | I know who's winning an Ig Nobel this year!
        
       | fennecbutt wrote:
       | Strength in numbers. Same with defecation, eating, sexual
       | activity, sleeping. Any point at which you'd be vulnerable to
       | missing that predator. That's why tribal species like ours have
       | thrived.
        
         | 7thaccount wrote:
         | So true. When backpacking we'd bring a buddy to watch your back
         | when you go pee. Better not make it easy for a mountain lion.
        
       | PeterStuer wrote:
       | Years of 'studying' homo sapiens in bars has made me keenly aware
       | that while the female of the species does urinal visits
       | preferably in groups of 2+, the males abhore any joint visits to
       | the bathroom facilities and will go out of their way waiting for
       | the previous guy in the group to return from the bog before
       | venturing forward themselves.
        
         | zifpanachr23 wrote:
         | This is true
        
       | spcebar wrote:
       | Original study: https://www.cell.com/current-
       | biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)...
       | 
       | It's worth noting that the chimps were in captivity, so it's not
       | like there were researchers crouching in a bush in the jungle
       | watching chimps pee for 600 hours. At least not for this study.
        
       | ashoeafoot wrote:
       | cause scent marking via pee is a species universal territorial
       | act?
        
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