Chimpanzee beds in the jungle are cleaner than the beds humans make in their homes, a new study released on Tuesday has said. According to researchers from North Carolina State University, chimpanzees keep cleaner beds because unlike humans, they make their own beds daily. The researchers had before hypothesized that a greater number of bacteria would be in chimp nests compared to human bed sheets, but the study revealed something else. After swabbing 41 chimpanzee nests in Tanzania, the researchers surprisingly found almost none of the microbes found in human beds, including faecal microbes. “About 35 percent of bacteria in human beds stem from our own bodies, including faecal, oral and skin bacteria,” Thoemmes told news site NC State news.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 17, 2018 18:11 UTC