I’ve railed against worthless scientific pursuits in the past, but putting that aside, I find this study, which demonstrates that most chimps are left-handed, to be interesting. After all, both ‘Paloo and I are lefties. Considering our monkey names, it makes a great deal of sense, eh? What about the rest of my regulars? Let me know which hand you use to probe for termites….

A three-year study of 17 wild chimps in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, found that 12 of them used their left hands when using sticks to probe for termites.