The grooming by primates when they interact with humans….

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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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Nothing.  For example, the monkey sees a blemish on the skin, it will grab at it, get nothing, and still put nothing in it’s mouth.  Muscle memory.

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