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Evening Standard
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Nina Massey

Primate behaviour changed as zoos closed for Covid lockdown, study suggests

Primate behaviour changed as zoos closed for pandemic, a study has suggested (Peter Byrne/PA) (Picture: PA Archive)

Primates spent more time resting and alone, performed more sexual and dominance behaviours and ate less when zoos and safari parks were closed during the first Covid lockdown, research has suggested.

A new study looked at how the behaviour of bonobos, chimpanzees, western lowland gorillas and olive baboons changed as people started to return to zoos.

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