WATCH: Chimps In Uganda Look Both Ways Before Crossing

“In a 29-month survey, researchers observed and recorded 20 instances of wild chimps crossing a busy road in Sebitoli, in the northern part of Uganda’s Kibale National Park. They watched 122 chimps cross the highway used by 90 vehicles an hour, many speeding at 70 to 100 kilometres an hour.

“It’s the first report on how chimpanzees behave crossing a very busy asphalt road, says Marie Cibot of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. “We’ve described chimpanzee behaviour facing a dangerous situation never described before,” she says, pointing out that earlier studies looked at narrower, unpaved and less busy roads.”