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CNN
5 days ago
- Science
- CNN
It's not just humans – chimpanzees also like to follow trends, study shows
Chimpanzees living in a sanctuary in Africa have developed a 'fashion trend' for dangling blades of grass or sticks from their ear holes and their behinds, a new study shows. In 2010, researchers working at Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust chimpanzee sanctuary in Zambia observed how a female chimp started to dangle objects from her ear, and the behavior was soon copied by other members of her group, study lead author Ed van Leeuwen, an assistant professor of behavioural biology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, told CNN on Wednesday. There was no evidence that the chimpanzees were using the grass or sticks to deal with pain or itches, and they were 'very relaxed' when they did it, Van Leeuwen said. The behavior is more of a 'fashion trend or social tradition,' he added. Interestingly, chimpanzees in a different group at the sanctuary started demonstrating the same behavior more than a decade later, with some also inserting objects into their rectums. As this group lived around nine miles from the first group, they couldn't have copied it from them, prompting Van Leeuwen to ask whether the chimpanzees' caregivers could have influenced them. As it turns out, the staff in one area of the reserve had developed a habit of cleaning their ears with matchsticks or twigs, while those on the other side didn't. Van Leeuwen believes the behavior was picked up by chimpanzees from caregivers in the first area, before it was passed on to other members of their group. The caregivers then also influenced the behavior in the second group, which they were looking after years later, before this group also developed the practice of inserting sticks and grass into their rectums. 'This is a trend that goes viral by means of social learning,' he added. Van Leeuwen also cited the example of a group of chimpanzees at a zoo in the Netherlands in which one female started walking as if she were carrying a baby even though she wasn't. Soon, all of the females had adopted this walking style, he said. In addition, when two new females were brought into the group, the one that adopted the style swiftly was integrated quickly, whereas the one that refused to walk in the group style took longer to be accepted. Related video New video shows how chimpanzees may bond over 'boozy fruit' For Van Leeuwen, these behaviors are about fitting in and smoothing social relationships, just as with humans. The grass behavior was mostly observed at leisure time, when the chimpanzees congregate to groom and play. Living in the sanctuary, the chimpanzees don't have to worry about predators or competition with other groups, meaning they have more leisure time than their wild counterparts. 'They have a lot of time to just hang out,' said Van Leeuwens. Discover your world Go beyond the headlines and explore the latest scientific achievements and fascinating discoveries. Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Nonetheless, wild chimpanzees are probably capable of developing such behavior, he said, adding that it just might not have been documented yet. Next, Van Leeuwens plans to study whether chimpanzees can repeatedly innovate new foraging techniques, to examine whether they can develop cumulative culture in the same way as humans. Elodie Freymann, a post-doctoral affiliate at the University of Oxford's Primate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, who was not involved in the study, told CNN that these kinds of observations are key to advancing our understanding of the origins and transmission patterns of cultural behaviors in chimpanzees and other non-human animals. 'This study's finding that there may have been interspecies copying between chimps and their human caretakers is pretty mind blowing,' she said. 'If chimps can copy humans, could they be learning from and copying other non-human species as well? It's an exciting moment in primatology,' Freymann added.
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Margot Robbie carries a $1,090 beach bag and looks glamorous in a sheer black dress as she celebrates her 35th birthday in party town Ibiza
Margot Robbie is celebrating her birthday with a hot Euro summer. The Australian actress turned 35 on July 2, and on Wednesday was spotted stepping out in Ibiza with her husband Tom Ackerley in a look that fashion hounds are already dubbing the summer trend for 2026. Robbie, who welcomed a baby boy with her husband 10 months ago, gave her sartorial seal of approval to the humble raffia bag as she toted her $1090 beach accessory. While raffia bags are a summer staple, they usually only enjoy a fleeting moment in the sun. But this year, designers like Miu Miu, Loewe, Dior, and Bottega Veneta have been locked in a fierce battle for the ultimate beach tote, with The Row's oversized offering previously reigning supreme. However, Robbie threw a stylish spanner in the works as she debuted a gorgeous new contender from French designer Jacquemus. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Following in the footsteps of fellow A-listers Dakota Johnson and Kate Hudson, Robbie jetted off from her Los Angeles home base to the Spanish party island this week. On day two of her sun-soaked getaway, the Oscar nominee was spotted browsing Ibiza's exclusive boutiques, her new Jacquemus Spiaggia Round Bag firmly in hand. The unique flat-woven circle bag, with its reinforced braided edges, first graced the runway at Jacquemus' Spring 2025 show, 'La Croisière.' While it comes in black and beige, Robbie opted for the chic natural shade. Unlike the more rigid basket bags favoured by stars like Kylie Jenner (who's a fan of The Row's version), Robbie's Spiaggia boasts a more relaxed, sheer woven pattern. And despite its generous 56-centimetre depth, the spacious tote appeared to hold only her absolute essentials – perhaps just sunscreen and her phone. While many raffia styles are often left open, Robbie's bag was secured with a knot and adorned with adorable dangly gold charms, adding a touch of understated luxury. Ever the queen of minimalist chic, Robbie expertly paired her new raffia arm candy with a classic black T-shirt sundress. The Barbie star tied her ensemble together with a pair of elongated black Ray-Ban sunglasses that highlighted her strong facial features The elegant number featured a sleeveless bateau neckline, draped open back, and a flouncy maxi skirt that was just as subtly sheer as her bag, revealing a clever A-line bodysuit underneath. She tied her ensemble together with a pair of elongated black Ray-Ban sunglasses that highlighted her strong facial features. Robbie let her long blonde locks hang loose over her shoulders. Perhaps taking a leaf out of Dakota Johnson's book, Robbie swapped out traditional thongs for Alaïa's cult-classic mesh ballet flats. Johnson was seen sporting the black Mary Jane-inspired flats on the very same Spanish shores just days prior. Robbie's $1375 flats perfectly complemented her bag's 'fishnet' transparency, making them incredibly lightweight and airy. These were the very same shoes that were a 'maternity must-have' for the Hollywood star last year when she was pregnant with her son. It comes after Robbie hosted a pool party for her gin brand, Papa Salt, before heading into Glastonbury Festival alongside 200,000 revellers in June. A pop-up hotel was erected by Worthy Farm and she looked casual in a brown strappy top and shorts, sat by the poolside drinking her latest Blood Orange Gin Spritz, in collaboration with Fever Tree. Unlike most A-lister celebrities who opt to helicopter in and out of the Worthy Farm site from their five-star hotels, Robbie chose the more humble option of staying with family friends in their farmhouse. A source close to the Glastonbury Festival told MailOnline: 'Margot is a long running friend of the festival and she's chosen to stay with some girls she went to school with in Australia who live just off the site.' She was later seen arriving at the iconic festival, beaming as she shared drinks with her A-list pals.
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Margot Robbie carries a $ 1,090 beach bag and looks glamorous in a sheer black dress as she celebrates her 35th birthday in party town Ibiza
Margot Robbie is celebrating her birthday with a hot Euro summer. The Australian actress turned 35 on July 2, and on Wednesday was spotted stepping out in Ibiza with her husband Tom Ackerley in a look that fashion hounds are already dubbing the summer trend for 2026. Robbie, who welcomed a baby boy with her husband 10 months ago, gave her sartorial seal of approval to the humble raffia bag as she toted her $1090 beach accessory. While raffia bags are a summer staple, they usually only enjoy a fleeting moment in the sun. But this year, designers like Miu Miu, Loewe, Dior, and Bottega Veneta have been locked in a fierce battle for the ultimate beach tote, with The Row's oversized offering previously reigning supreme. However, Robbie threw a stylish spanner in the works as she debuted a gorgeous new contender from French designer Jacquemus. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Following in the footsteps of fellow A-listers Dakota Johnson and Kate Hudson, Robbie jetted off from her Los Angeles home base to the Spanish party island this week. On day two of her sun-soaked getaway, the Oscar nominee was spotted browsing Ibiza's exclusive boutiques, her new Jacquemus Spiaggia Round Bag firmly in hand. The unique flat-woven circle bag, with its reinforced braided edges, first graced the runway at Jacquemus' Spring 2025 show, 'La Croisière.' While it comes in black and beige, Robbie opted for the chic natural shade. Unlike the more rigid basket bags favoured by stars like Kylie Jenner (who's a fan of The Row's version), Robbie's Spiaggia boasts a more relaxed, sheer woven pattern. And despite its generous 56-centimetre depth, the spacious tote appeared to hold only her absolute essentials – perhaps just sunscreen and her phone. While many raffia styles are often left open, Robbie's bag was secured with a knot and adorned with adorable dangly gold charms, adding a touch of understated luxury. Ever the queen of minimalist chic, Robbie expertly paired her new raffia arm candy with a classic black T-shirt sundress. The Barbie star tied her ensemble together with a pair of elongated black Ray-Ban sunglasses that highlighted her strong facial features The elegant number featured a sleeveless bateau neckline, draped open back, and a flouncy maxi skirt that was just as subtly sheer as her bag, revealing a clever A-line bodysuit underneath. She tied her ensemble together with a pair of elongated black Ray-Ban sunglasses that highlighted her strong facial features. Robbie let her long blonde locks hang loose over her shoulders. Perhaps taking a leaf out of Dakota Johnson's book, Robbie swapped out traditional thongs for Alaïa's cult-classic mesh ballet flats. Johnson was seen sporting the black Mary Jane-inspired flats on the very same Spanish shores just days prior. Robbie's $1375 flats perfectly complemented her bag's 'fishnet' transparency, making them incredibly lightweight and airy. These were the very same shoes that were a 'maternity must-have' for the Hollywood star last year when she was pregnant with her son. It comes after Robbie hosted a pool party for her gin brand, Papa Salt, before heading into Glastonbury Festival alongside 200,000 revellers in June. A pop-up hotel was erected by Worthy Farm and she looked casual in a brown strappy top and shorts, sat by the poolside drinking her latest Blood Orange Gin Spritz, in collaboration with Fever Tree. Unlike most A-lister celebrities who opt to helicopter in and out of the Worthy Farm site from their five-star hotels, Robbie chose the more humble option of staying with family friends in their farmhouse. A source close to the Glastonbury Festival told MailOnline: 'Margot is a long running friend of the festival and she's chosen to stay with some girls she went to school with in Australia who live just off the site.' She was later seen arriving at the iconic festival, beaming as she shared drinks with her A-list pals.
CNN
6 days ago
- Science
- CNN
It's not just humans – chimpanzees also like to follow trends, study shows
Chimpanzees living in a sanctuary in Africa have developed a 'fashion trend' for dangling blades of grass or sticks from their ear holes and their behinds, a new study shows. In 2010, researchers working at Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust chimpanzee sanctuary in Zambia observed how a female chimp started to dangle objects from her ear, and the behavior was soon copied by other members of her group, study lead author Ed van Leeuwen, an assistant professor of behavioural biology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, told CNN on Wednesday. There was no evidence that the chimpanzees were using the grass or sticks to deal with pain or itches, and they were 'very relaxed' when they did it, Van Leeuwen said. The behavior is more of a 'fashion trend or social tradition,' he added. Interestingly, chimpanzees in a different group at the sanctuary started demonstrating the same behavior more than a decade later, with some also inserting objects into their rectums. As this group lived around nine miles from the first group, they couldn't have copied it from them, prompting Van Leeuwen to ask whether the chimpanzees' caregivers could have influenced them. As it turns out, the staff in one area of the reserve had developed a habit of cleaning their ears with matchsticks or twigs, while those on the other side didn't. Van Leeuwen believes the behavior was picked up by chimpanzees from caregivers in the first area, before it was passed on to other members of their group. The caregivers then also influenced the behavior in the second group, which they were looking after years later, before this group also developed the practice of inserting sticks and grass into their rectums. 'This is a trend that goes viral by means of social learning,' he added. Van Leeuwen also cited the example of a group of chimpanzees at a zoo in the Netherlands in which one female started walking as if she were carrying a baby even though she wasn't. Soon, all of the females had adopted this walking style, he said. In addition, when two new females were brought into the group, the one that adopted the style swiftly was integrated quickly, whereas the one that refused to walk in the group style took longer to be accepted. Related video New video shows how chimpanzees may bond over 'boozy fruit' For Van Leeuwen, these behaviors are about fitting in and smoothing social relationships, just as with humans. The grass behavior was mostly observed at leisure time, when the chimpanzees congregate to groom and play. Living in the sanctuary, the chimpanzees don't have to worry about predators or competition with other groups, meaning they have more leisure time than their wild counterparts. 'They have a lot of time to just hang out,' said Van Leeuwens. Discover your world Go beyond the headlines and explore the latest scientific achievements and fascinating discoveries. Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Nonetheless, wild chimpanzees are probably capable of developing such behavior, he said, adding that it just might not have been documented yet. Next, Van Leeuwens plans to study whether chimpanzees can repeatedly innovate new foraging techniques, to examine whether they can develop cumulative culture in the same way as humans. Elodie Freymann, a post-doctoral affiliate at the University of Oxford's Primate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, who was not involved in the study, told CNN that these kinds of observations are key to advancing our understanding of the origins and transmission patterns of cultural behaviors in chimpanzees and other non-human animals. 'This study's finding that there may have been interspecies copying between chimps and their human caretakers is pretty mind blowing,' she said. 'If chimps can copy humans, could they be learning from and copying other non-human species as well? It's an exciting moment in primatology,' Freymann added.
CNN
6 days ago
- Science
- CNN
It's not just humans – chimpanzees also like to follow trends, study shows
Chimpanzees living in a sanctuary in Africa have developed a 'fashion trend' for dangling blades of grass or sticks from their ear holes and their behinds, a new study shows. In 2010, researchers working at Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust chimpanzee sanctuary in Zambia observed how a female chimp started to dangle objects from her ear, and the behavior was soon copied by other members of her group, study lead author Ed van Leeuwen, an assistant professor of behavioural biology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, told CNN on Wednesday. There was no evidence that the chimpanzees were using the grass or sticks to deal with pain or itches, and they were 'very relaxed' when they did it, Van Leeuwen said. The behavior is more of a 'fashion trend or social tradition,' he added. Interestingly, chimpanzees in a different group at the sanctuary started demonstrating the same behavior more than a decade later, with some also inserting objects into their rectums. As this group lived around nine miles from the first group, they couldn't have copied it from them, prompting Van Leeuwen to ask whether the chimpanzees' caregivers could have influenced them. As it turns out, the staff in one area of the reserve had developed a habit of cleaning their ears with matchsticks or twigs, while those on the other side didn't. Van Leeuwen believes the behavior was picked up by chimpanzees from caregivers in the first area, before it was passed on to other members of their group. The caregivers then also influenced the behavior in the second group, which they were looking after years later, before this group also developed the practice of inserting sticks and grass into their rectums. 'This is a trend that goes viral by means of social learning,' he added. Van Leeuwen also cited the example of a group of chimpanzees at a zoo in the Netherlands in which one female started walking as if she were carrying a baby even though she wasn't. Soon, all of the females had adopted this walking style, he said. In addition, when two new females were brought into the group, the one that adopted the style swiftly was integrated quickly, whereas the one that refused to walk in the group style took longer to be accepted. Related video New video shows how chimpanzees may bond over 'boozy fruit' For Van Leeuwen, these behaviors are about fitting in and smoothing social relationships, just as with humans. The grass behavior was mostly observed at leisure time, when the chimpanzees congregate to groom and play. Living in the sanctuary, the chimpanzees don't have to worry about predators or competition with other groups, meaning they have more leisure time than their wild counterparts. 'They have a lot of time to just hang out,' said Van Leeuwens. Discover your world Go beyond the headlines and explore the latest scientific achievements and fascinating discoveries. Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Nonetheless, wild chimpanzees are probably capable of developing such behavior, he said, adding that it just might not have been documented yet. Next, Van Leeuwens plans to study whether chimpanzees can repeatedly innovate new foraging techniques, to examine whether they can develop cumulative culture in the same way as humans. Elodie Freymann, a post-doctoral affiliate at the University of Oxford's Primate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, who was not involved in the study, told CNN that these kinds of observations are key to advancing our understanding of the origins and transmission patterns of cultural behaviors in chimpanzees and other non-human animals. 'This study's finding that there may have been interspecies copying between chimps and their human caretakers is pretty mind blowing,' she said. 'If chimps can copy humans, could they be learning from and copying other non-human species as well? It's an exciting moment in primatology,' Freymann added.
