Use this video and supporting materials from NATURE: Orangutan Eden to examine how orangutans make and use tools. Using text-dependent questions, writing prompts and video, students will learn …

Orangutans' tool use is simply amazing. From constructing a “cherry picker” lift to crafting a new mattress and blanket each night, orangutans know how to engineer the forest to their advantage.

Dec 12, 2024 · A recent Outlook article authored by Dr. Robert Shumaker and Dr. Christopher Martin, both of the Indianapolis Zoo, delves into the existing research into ways that orangutans use stone …

Feb 16, 2022 · Captive orangutans that had never seen stone tools have spontaneously picked up rocks and used them as hammers. One individual also used a sharp stone as a cutting tool. The finding...

Here, information regarding sharp stone tool making (a finished flake) was provided to the test subjects, making this condition a test of the spontaneous abilities of orangutans to use (and not produce) …

In this chapter we try to relate these somewhat contradictory views to the relatively rare occurrence of habitual and complex tool use in wild orangutans, especially when compared to wild chimpanzees.

Jul 16, 2025 · Orangutans use tools in their natural habitats primarily out of necessity driven by ecological challenges such as accessing food, protecting themselves from environmental hazards, …

Apr 12, 2022 · Using zoo-housed orangutans, two in Norway and three in the United Kingdom, the team ran experiments to determine whether the apes could make and use a stone tool for cutting purposes.

Feb 16, 2022 · Untrained, captive orangutans can complete two major steps in the sequence of stone tool use: striking rocks together and cutting using a sharp stone, according to a new study.

Tool use in orangutans was observed by primatologist Biruté Galdikas in ex-captive populations. [86] Orangutans in Suaq Balimbing were recorded to develop a tool kit for use in foraging which …