Fu Manchu, the Orangutan

This guy is Fu Manchu (I am not sure he is really him), an orangutan who "would pull out a small piece of metal wiring that he kept hidden under his cheek throughout the day, and proceed to pick the door's lock!"

Apart from the debate about animal cognition (crafting and usin tools), dissimulation (keeping the tool hidden) and planning (waiting for the night to use the tool); I just want to say: respect!

You can find more information about this story at this article
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/hairy-houdinis-6-animal-escape-artists/fu-manchu-the-orangutan

And in this radiolab short episode
http://www.radiolab.org/story/91939-fu-manchu/
(Which is kind of update of the 1 hr episode Animal Minds, at this linkhttp://www.radiolab.org/story/91701-animal-minds/)

If you are interested in animal cognition, animal behavior, animal whatever, I strongly suggest you to listen to radiolab's podcasts. There is always something interesting.


sincerely
Antonio