Teens, like chimps, take extra risks (Image: Rex)

Young chimpanzees are risk-takers like human teenagers, a examine unearths.

But introduced the choice of taking one deal with in no time or waiting a minute for 3 snacks, most chimps have been glad to pause.

Teenagers proved more impulsive and tended to right away clutch the first snack.

In another check, 40 chimps housed at a Republic of Congo sanctuary selected among containers of meals. One at all times contained peanuts, which they like. the opposite had either cucumber, which they hate, or banana, their favorite meals.

Younger primates took the dangerous choice extra frequently than adults and threw extra tantrums while it backfired.

Chimps, like teenagers, like to roll the cube (Picture: Alamy)

Whilst given the choice of gambling on an unknown snack or taking a safe choice, such a lot adolescent people and primates rolled the dice, assessments confirmed.

‘They, in some experience, face the same mental tempest that human teenagers do,’ stated Dr Alexandra Rosati, of Michigan College. The study will get on the age-vintage nature or nurture question about why teenagers take extra risks, she introduced.

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