It could almost be a scene from a school playground. But the youngsters playing tag are gorillas, not children.
Cheeky apes sneak up on their rivals, clip them round the head and then run away as fast as they can, researchers have found. The ‘hit and run’ attacks often lead to full-scale games of tag, in which the animals take turns to chase each other around their cages.
The astonishing discovery shows once again how similar great apes are to people – and how much of our behaviour can be seen in the animal world.
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/102/097/Gorillas_play_games_of_tag_just_like_human_children.html
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