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Olivia Ferrari

SHOCKING: Contagious peeing may have deep evolutionary roots chimp study suggests | Mind Blowing Facts

Four chimpanzees in an enclosure, eating leaves.

Chimpanzees tend to pee when others in their group do, in a phenomenon scientists have dubbed "contagious urination."

Because groups of people often go to the bathroom together too, and chimpanzees are our' closest living relatives, this social behavior could be traced back to our common ancestor, researchers said.

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