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Imo
Imo was a female Japanese macaque living on the island of Kōjima, Japan, whose behavior became a foundational case study in cultural transmission among non-human animals. In 1953, primatologists observed her washing sweet potatoes in a river to remove sand before eating them, a technique she spontaneously invented. This novel behavior was subsequently adopted by other members of her troop, demonst...
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Albert II
Albert II was a rhesus macaque monkey who became the first primate to reach outer space on June 14, 1949. Launched by the United States aboard a V-2 rocket from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Albert II reached an altitude of approximately 134 kilometers. This flight crossed the Kármán line, the widely recognized boundary of space, following the earlier suborbital flight of Albert I, who...
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