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Published online 3 November 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031027-13
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Risky diddling bonds baboons
Male apes share intense greetings only with close friends.
Want to show someone you really like them? Slap them in the face.
That, at least, seems to be the message of baboon salutations.
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