References & Sources  -  July 18, 1998

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What wild chimps want for breakfast

Wild chimpanzees have a sweet tooth that makes them overlook a bitter flavor.

 

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 3, July 18, 1998, p. 43.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

References:

Reynolds, V., et al. 1998. Condensed tannins and sugars in the diet of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Budongo Forest, Uganda. Oecologia 115(July):331. (Available at http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00442/bibs/8115003/81150331.htm)

 

Sources:

Vernon Reynolds Oxford University
Institute of Biological Anthropology
58 Banbury Road
Oxford OX2 6QS
United Kingdom
E-mail: vernon.reynolds@bioanth.ox.ac.uk

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