<input type&equals;"hidden" value&equals;"" data-essbisPostContainer&equals;"" data-essbisPostUrl&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;spy-in-the-wild-shows-orangutan-using-a-saw&sol;" data-essbisPostTitle&equals;"&&num;8216&semi;Spy In The Wild&&num;8217&semi; Shows Orangutan Using A Saw&excl;" data-essbisHoverContainer&equals;"">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">BBC Earth&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;Spy in the Wild&&num;8217&semi; is a new series that intends to capture animal behavior in its true habitat – traits that have not been seen before&period; The &&num;8216&semi;spies&&num;8217&semi; are lovable&comma; cuddly and life-like robotic animals that approach their lively counterparts and record their behavior through hidden cameras&period; On one such occasion&comma; a crafty female Orangutan was captured using a saw to cut a tree branch&comma; and this has left the world in awe&excl; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;3C44F67E00000578-0-image-m-4&lowbar;1484815802586&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Spy In The Wild' Shows Orangutan Using A Saw&excl;" class&equals;"wp-image-46998" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"480"&sol;><figcaption>via <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;fK5baBcO8T4">BBC Earth on YouTube <&sol;a><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">While humans and chimps share 99&percnt; of their DNA&comma; Orangutans come close with 97&percnt;&period; <em>What&&num;8217&semi;s up&comma; cuz&quest; <&sol;em>The sawing behavior observed&comma; though&comma; was in a totally wild and free great ape&comma; who had apparently learned how to saw by some elders&period; Twenty years back&comma; an orangutan had observed construction workers working in the wild to build huts&comma; and thus the knowledge of sawing was theirs&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">In the video&comma; the female orangutan can be seen using the saw precisely&period; She uses her feet as a vice to stop the branch from moving around&comma; and owing to her opposable thumbs&comma; is able to use the saw with prowess&period; With the spy orangutan comes close to her and mimics the sawing&comma; which it has already been trained in&comma; the female&comma; instead of being disheartened&comma; starts sawing faster&period; This competitive spirit in the orangutan using a saw has left the world smiling&comma; wondering if we have in fact underestimated our close cousins&period; As a symbol of true workmanship&comma; the lady also blows off the sawdust to see how she is performing&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1160" height&equals;"653" data-videoid&equals;"fK5baBcO8T4" title&equals;"Funny Orangutan Learns to Saw Wood&excl; &vert; Spy In The Wild &vert; BBC Earth"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;fK5baBcO8T4"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;fK5baBcO8T4&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Funny Orangutan Learns to Saw Wood&excl; &vert; Spy In The Wild &vert; BBC Earth"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">The same ape had also been observed using bark as soap&period; Apparently&comma; close to half a decade ago&comma; some orangutans had seen humans using soap by the water to clean themselves&period; This knowledge&comma; then&comma; seems to have been passed down&comma; just like it does with us humans&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>What do you think&quest; Are orangutans&comma; like chimps&comma; one step closer to becoming like us&quest; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em><strong>learn about <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;chimpanzees-use-insects-as-medicine-to-treat-wounds&sol;">chimps using insects to treat injuries&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;