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Exclusively inhabiting tropical countries such as Liberia, wild chimpanzees lack adaptations to seasonal variations in ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiance from sunlight: since UVB exposure enables vertebrates to synthesize vitamin D, this raises questions about how chimpanzees in mid-latitude zoos are affected by the lower and more variable UVB irradiance in those locations. In a study of zoo chimpanzees in Norway and other mid-latitude countries, Sophie Moittie and colleagues found not only that chimpanzees' vitamin D levels correlate with UVB irradiance but also that vitamin D levels show no evidence of plateauing as UVB irradiance reaches its highest local levels, suggesting that