Turns out pretend tea parties can be a science experiment.

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We sat down with cognitive scientist Amalia Bastos to talk about what inspired her to conduct this study with Kanzi and what scientists know so far about imagination in other species. Listen to the podcast now on our YouTube channel. Video provided by Amalia Bastos and Christopher Krupenye Amalia P. M. Bastos, Christopher Krupenye ,Evidence for representation of pretend objects by Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo.Science391,583-586(2026).DOI:10.1126/science.adz0743