Originally Posted By pecos bill Considering the rash of current Chimp attacks,there may be something more to this than meets the eye. It would seem that Chimps are aware that they are being ill treated, and are somewhat resentful of that fact. They are our closest relatives, and we obviously underestimate their intelligence. This Chimp is doing exactly what a human would do to the creature who murders their families, destroys the land they live in, and imprisons them!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>If the Apes are taking over then I probably shouldn't shave my back.<< LOL!
Originally Posted By Skellington88 im just wondering when we can look foward to the next new york post art piece tieng this news story to Barack Obama's lifting of the Stem Cell ban Complete with researcher commenting "huh....well I guess we will need someone else to write the next stem cell legislation"
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<The lesson in all this is beware the apes of wrath.>> <<What can I say? I'm a chimp off the old block.>> LOL!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<If the Apes are taking over then I probably shouldn't shave my back.>> <-- doesn't know whether to feel jealous, superior, or -- in light of the oncoming simian take-over -- very, very afraid. When they befriend you, DAR, please remember that you and I have had similiar opinions on many, many threads. And when they point out certain hairless parts of my body... Well, I swear, I'll let it grow back!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 LOL! Very funny, Avro! <<-- seizes this moment of levity and distraction to toss the previously-palmed Bic into the trash can I wasn't refurrin-- er, referring to my palms, thankyouverymuch!
Originally Posted By avro_imagineer Trying to keep it PG, even if there may be an ulterior meaning to said post. I'm pretty sure as adults we can get the hidden meaning as it hopefully goes above the heads of those who shouldn't get it. I've made up my mind my first child shall be named Donkey Kong.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Thanks, DAR. Mmmmmmm, I think I see a bit of dried leaf on your left shoulderblade. Let me get that for you.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 [Don't know why this didn't occur to me earlier...] How long have humans been studying chimps? And it's just NOW that we get a groundbreaking, media-worthy scientific study that shows that chimps can plan ahead? Either Santino is a brainiac, or your average simian researcher is not.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 LOL! Good point! By the way, some humans have known, apparently, a little TOO much about chimps... <a href="http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f155/tacksharp/Miscellaneous/?action=view¤t=Far_Side_Jane_Goodall.jpg" target="_blank">http://s47.photobucket.com/alb...dall.jpg</a> (For the record, Goodall was a Gary Larson fan and thought this cartoon was hilarious.)
Originally Posted By mele <<the 31-year-old alpha male started building his weapons cache in the morning before the zoo opened, collecting rocks and knocking out disks from concrete boulders inside his enclosure.>> I've had mornings where I've felt I needed to do this before the work day started. Chimp just needs a vacation!
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt <a href="http://current.com/items/89885502/monkeys_are_able_to_teach_their_offspring_how_to_floss.htm" target="_blank">http://current.com/items/89885...loss.htm</a>
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Thanks, Hans. I clicked on the "related videos" link. I think I got some good tips for my 401K account. I have no species prejudice. He sounded like he knew what he was talking about.