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  • 2020-04-01 (xsd:date)
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  • Did an Orangutan Start Hand-Washing During COVID-19 Pandemic? (en)
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  • On April 1, 2020, a short video supposedly showing an orangutan named Sandra washing her hands circulated on social media along with the claim that the ape had learned the practice after watching zookeepers during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic: This is a real video of an orangutan washing various objects in a tub. However, this video was not taken during the 2020 pandemic. It was taken on Nov. 12, 2019 (before COVID-19 was widely spread in the United States) at the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, Florida. The video was originally shared on the Center for Great Apes' Facebook page along with the following caption: The original video can be seen below: The Center for Great Apes writes: While Sandra the orangutan did not learn to wash her hands by copying zookeepers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for Great Apes has used this viral video of Sandra to encourage people to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines and wash their hands for at least 20 seconds: (en)
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