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Chimps can suss out recursive puzzles where you have color-coded keys and locks, and you need to unlock Box A to get Key B to unlock Box B to get Key C to unlock Box C which contains food. They even choose the right box to unlock when one chain leads to the food and the other doesn't.
Sorry, there's not a difference of kind to be found here.
But then, there are plenty of examples of chimps exhibiting behavior that implies intelligence.