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Master Minds

Episode 3 of 3

Monkey Planet discovers how primates are individuals with a sense of self and why brainpower is essential to primate survival.

There's one thing that sets us primates apart from most other families on the planet, and that's a flexible mind. Our primate cousins are much smarter than you might imagine. Just like us they use tools, solve problems and even have emotions. Monkey Planet discovers how these animals are individuals with a sense of self and why brainpower is essential to primate survival.

In Thailand, long-tailed macaques floss their teeth with human hair and use tools to open oysters on the beach. In Uganda, chimps pass on cultures and customs through generations. George McGavin goes to orangutan school in Sumatra and meets a bonobo in the States who can order his own picnic on a smart phone and toast marshmallows in a fire he makes himself.

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Mon 3 Jun 2024 16:15

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Music Played

  • Rizzle Kicks

    Trumpets

  • Rizzle Kicks

    Down With The Trumpets

  • Kate Nash

    Foundations

  • Rudimental

    More Than Anything (feat. Emeli Sand茅)

  • Everything Everything

    Duet

  • MGMT

    4th Dimensional Transition

  • Richard Ashcroft

    Why Do Lovers?

  • Kate Nash

    Foundations

  • Kate Nash

    Foundations

  • Plan B

    Stay Too Long

  • Mumford & Sons

    Thistle and Weeds

  • Plan B

    Stay Too Long

  • Plan B

    Stay Too Long

  • Mumford & Sons

    Awake My Soul

  • Gabrielle Aplin

    成人快手

  • Gabrielle Aplin

    成人快手

  • Ed Sheeran

    Drunk

  • Ed Sheeran

    Drunk

  • Olly Murs

    Busy

  • Sugababes

    Overload

  • Ellie Goulding

    Halcyon

  • Ellie Goulding

    Halcyon

  • The xx

    VCR

  • The xx

    VCR

  • The Ting Tings

    That's Not My Name

  • Jules De Martino

    That's Not My Name

  • Ellie Goulding

    Explosions

  • Ellie Goulding

    Figure 8

  • Mumford & Sons

    Below My Feet

  • Mumford & Sons

    Below My Feet

  • Florence + The Machine

    No Light, No Light

  • Paloma Faith

    Picking Up The Pieces

  • Paloma Faith

    Picking Up The Pieces

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter George McGavin
Executive Producer Chris Cole
Series Producer Jo Shinner
Producer Rosie Thomas
Production Manager Pauline Gates

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