all my life, when I’ve seen footage of human/primate interaction. There seems to be a “grooming” clip in the mix, where the chimp, monkey, whatever it be, is grooming a human like it would one of its own.
My question comes from the fact that, well, they seem to be successful in their search for bugs, lol, cause they often eat whatever they pick off.
Does this mean we’re all out here running around with bugs in our hair that primates can detect and we can’t….?!
Outside of microscopic beings that inhabit all our bodies?
If not. What are they picking off and eating? Scalp?
Hairs?
Thank you. 🙏
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I’m sure that in the clips where this happens to some researcher in the jungle, or someone who spends a lot of time in animal enclosures, there are actual bugs that can be found.
But generally speaking, no, there are no bugs which we can’t see/feel that apes can.
If anything, humans should be better at that sort of thing because our hands are way more sensitive and precise, and there are no dramatic difference in eyesight AFAIK, at least on the basic level. (processing complex visual information is another thing)
I would bet that in a lot of cases, they’re just eating (or at least putting into their mouths) crumbs or lint or other random crap.
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