Female chimps play with ‘dolls’

Youngsters mimic mothering by cradling sticks

Deep in a Ugandan forest, Betsy Wetsy has gone wild.

GIRL STUFF A young chimp cradles a piece of bark, in imitation of a mother caring for her child. Researchers found in one group of chimps that young females use sticks and other objects as ‘dolls’ more frequently than their male peers do.