Bonobos keep track of groupmates even when they can’t see them, study finds

Mongabay
Aug 20, 2025, 5:56 pm97 pts
Kanzi, a bonobo celebrated for his intelligence, died in March this year. A recently published study adds to his long list of cognitive abilities: he was able to track the location of people familiar to him, even when they were out of sight. He could also recognize the individual voices of his caretakers, a…

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