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Play Between Infants

Caption: This images shows a vigorous play session between two infant chimpanzees. The individual on the left is biting a foot of his playmate.

Credit: Elisabetta Palagi

Usage Restrictions: Citation: Cordoni G, Palagi E (2011) Ontogenetic Trajectories of Chimpanzee Social Play: Similarities with Humans. PLoS ONE 6(11): e27344. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027344

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