Meet the playful apes who love to laugh
Although chimpanzees can often be aggressive, the chimp-like bonobo prefer the power of play. In this excerpt from the BBC series Animals in Love, researchers explain that just like humans, bonobo love a good laugh — and to prove it, we witness a very hands-on demonstration. (via Murray C.)
No fair! I wanna tickle a bonobo!
(On a serious note, how anyone could look at this and not see we are all related is beyond me.)
Totally agree!!
The ticklee’s expression was exactly that of a human laughing.
So rats, bonobos, pigs and dogs laugh. I’m sure more animals laugh… We are still so blind to animals’ sentience.