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Primate news, with a bent toward the strange and troubled relationship between humans and other primates. Wikipedia primate beat.
"Contrafreeloading" describes primates' inclination to choose to work rather than get a reward for free. For ex., macaques have been known to prefer foraging or doing computer tasks for pellets over receiving handouts. The clip below is from a 2016 ABC-News piece on Lincoln Park Zoo enrichment.
July 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"Contrafreeloading" describes primates' inclination to choose to work rather than get a reward for free. For ex., macaques have been known to prefer foraging or doing computer tasks for pellets over receiving handouts. The clip below is from a 2016 ABC-News piece on Lincoln Park Zoo enrichment.