Videos of great apes have shown that humans are not the sole recipients of persistent teasing from their offspring, who seem determined to test their boundaries.

Recordings of chimps, orangutans, bonobos and gorillas found the animals to be masters of the dubious art, embarking on an impressive range of playful and occasionally somewhat aggressive acts ranging from the cheeky and plain silly to the fabulously irritating.

Scientists observed a total of 142 incidents of great apes playfully provoking their peers in footage captured at San Diego and Leipzig zoos, with the majority of these instances involving young apes between the ages of three and five.

Source: theguardian.com