apes

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:32 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04 ... index.html

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:49 pm

That's awesome.

Do you know how old the one's they're initially starting with are?

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:00 pm

I know as much as you know.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:01 pm

That's neat and always what I've suspected. Some people place more importance on Humans because of our intelligence but we're really no different than any other animal except we have bigger brains but hey, that was our lucky lot in life to be intelligent instead of fast, or strong etc...

It'll be neat to see what animals think though to know how they view us and how they think of us. What I'd like to see though is a group of these animals become extremely intelligent almost as smart as a human so they could go back to the wild and try to either communicate or better interpret the behaviour of wild animals of their same species.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:10 pm

Kracus wrote:Some people place more importance on Humans because of our intelligence

only retarded people do that

Post by **blood.angel** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:12 pm

Next step: ape porn.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:12 pm

that's probably already a reality

Post by **Jackal** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:25 pm

Bonobo monkeys are extremel interesting. The females in particular actually use sex as a means of acquiring things that they want. It's really quite fascinating. The females have also been known to use inter-social bonds to gang up and ovrethrow the males. Cool stuff.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:30 pm

hoka-hoka is the native word for lesbian sex between bonobos.

I know this because I have always been interested in lesb... er bonobos.

Post by **Jackal** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:36 pm

Yeah, they actually are sex crazed. They're one of the only other mammals that has sex for fun.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:37 pm

They are very sexually active. I've heard they engage in incest as well. Jackal may correct me on that if I'm wrong.

Post by **blood.angel** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:48 pm

I am so fucking there.

Post by **Jackal** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:51 pm

Massive Quasars wrote:They are very sexually active. I've heard they engage in incest as well. Jackal may correct me on that if I'm wrong.

Nah, you're right.
Interesting fact: when the gals rub each others vags it's called female GG rubbing.

Post by **mik0rs** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:56 pm

And when I join in it's beastialitastic :icon14:

Post by **tnf** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:32 pm

blood.angel wrote:Next step: ape porn.

THey've already shown that apes are willing to give up their juice, rewards, etc., in order to see pictures of female apes....

Post by **tnf** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:34 pm

Here it is....

http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/ ... iness.html

"Monkeys Pay to See Female Monkey Bottoms"

Post by **Canidae** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:38 am

I wonder if Michael Jackson fucked his monkey and how much of a payout the monkey got?

Post by **bitWISE** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:00 am

You think discrimination is bad now...wait until apes enter society!

Post by **losCHUNK** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:39 am

teach it how to suck and ill buy one

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:54 am

chimps are even smarter than 6 year old kids. how abou that

guess the human brain develops more slowly, but also more

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:46 am

Jackal wrote:Bonobo monkeys are extremel interesting. The females in particular actually use sex as a means of acquiring things that they want. It's really quite fascinating. The females have also been known to use inter-social bonds to gang up and ovrethrow the males. Cool stuff.

Oh ho haha exactly like human women then.

Post by **Jackal** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:56 pm

I understand that you're kidding around but it still brings up a point. All of these tests that show similar monkeys are to people really don't amount to too much. Just because the behavious is similar to people doesn't mean we can make them into ape-people. The bottom line is that they're monkeys and we are people. Two very different things. Anthropomorphic analysis is just that much easier because we see them as being our evolutionary "little brothers".

Post by **Billy Bellend** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:59 pm

maybe if they shaved and got some posture action theyd come across more serios like

Post by **R00k** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:01 pm

Jackal wrote:I understand that you're kidding around but it still brings up a point. All of these tests that show similar monkeys are to people really don't amount to too much. Just because the behavious is similar to people doesn't mean we can make them into ape-people. The bottom line is that they're monkeys and we are people. Two very different things. Anthropomorphic analysis is just that much easier because we see them as being our evolutionary "little brothers".

I think the approach of studies like this should be more to illustrate that humans are no more than animals, with a lot of the same tendencies, than to try to point out how a few animals may be 'almost as good as us' in the intelligence department.

Post by **tnf** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:18 am

Jackal wrote:I understand that you're kidding around but it still brings up a point. All of these tests that show similar monkeys are to people really don't amount to too much. Just because the behavious is similar to people doesn't mean we can make them into ape-people. The bottom line is that they're monkeys and we are people. Two very different things. Anthropomorphic analysis is just that much easier because we see them as being our evolutionary "little brothers".

And monkeys and dolphins are different too...the idea here isn't to make 'ape-people' - but, like rook mentioned, to show that many common human behaviors are exhibited to some degree in apes. Self-awareness, sharing, etc....the very rudimentary beginnings of the complex behaviors that humans exhibit. I still think the monkey's paying with their juice to see 'monkey porn' is pretty amazing. heh.