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Solitary primates spend energy and time travelling to patches of forest for get-togethers.
Young wild orangutans have few opportunities to play with others of their own age. Credit: Suzi Eszterhas/Nature Picture Library
Orangutans are the most solitary of great apes, with mothers spending most of their lives solely with their infants. But a study of wild orangutans now suggests that mothers go out of their way to arrange play dates for their offspring1.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-03238-1
