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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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Tetra
Born in 1999 at the Oregon primate research center now known as the Oregon National Primate Research Center, Tetra was a female rhesus macaque produced through embryo splitting. Also called artificial twinning, this method separates an early embryo into parts that can continue developing independently. It differs from somatic cell nuclear transfer, the technique associated with Dolly the sheep, wh...
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