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> protecting their feet. At the top of the tree, the chimp will then grab
> another smooth branch and place it beneath themselves using the branch as
> padding.
> Are the branches memes? If not, why not?
Not the branch is a meme but the behavior of using the branch for padding
is.
Other chimps can look at the chimp using the branch and copy his behavior.
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