Chimpanzees watch movies together and then become friends like people

Movie - watching chimpanzees were linked to a way that previously seemed unique only to humans, researchers have found.

A couple of chimpanzees who were sitting together to watch the same video spent more time together and showed more signs of social connection, reports Independent.

Another study revealed that animals were closer to humans if they had watched movies together.

During two experiments, published in the Processings of the Royal Society B, eye trackers were used to see if chimpanzees were watching the film, and during that time they were weighed fruit fluids to encourage them to sit down.

Our <x0 results show that one of the basic social connection mechanisms among humans has a feeling of being closer to those we're dealing with or who we're part of somewhere together is present in chimpanzees, and thus has deeper evolutionary roots than previously thought.

In the first experiment, 19 chimpanzees and seven bonbos saw a short video with a man who either watched with them or participated in something different.

Chimpanzees and Bonobot approached the man faster if they had both watched the video, showing a group of little chimpanzees playing.

The second study had the same experience. /Periscope