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By Robert T. Gonzalez
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Feb 9, 2012 12:32 PM
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This chimp will kick your ass at memory games — but how the hell does he do it?

spacer This is Ayumu, he's an 11-year-old chimpanzee who lives and trains at Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute. In his time there, Ayumu has come to excel at an incredibly difficult — albeit very straightforward — memorization game. If you challenge him to this game, you will lose.

Allow me to be perfectly clear: there is absolutely zero chance of you besting Ayumu; he will positively destroy you, and he will do it with ease. But how does he do it? More »

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