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Orangutan mothers arrange play dates for their babies
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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Jacobson, O. T. et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 123, e2621225123 (2026).
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