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Chimps can plan ahead too

By T.K. Randall
March 10, 2009 · Comment icon 36 comments

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A chimpanzee at Furuvik Zoo helped demonstrate that chimps, like humans, are able to plan ahead. The chimp made a spectacle when it collected a stash of rocks and then hurled them at zoo visitors.
A canny chimpanzee who calmly collected a stash of rocks and then hurled them at zoo visitors in fits of rage has confirmed that apes can plan ahead just like humans, a Swedish study says. Santino the chimpanzee's anti-social behaviour stunned both visitors and keepers at the Furuvik Zoo but fascinated researchers because it was so carefully prepared."


Source: ninemsn.com.au | Comments (36)




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Comment icon #27 Posted by PinkBlackJackII 16 years ago
Chimpanzees are intelligent animals. Watch them take over the world one day ... hurling stones at anyone and anything that nears them. (lol)
Comment icon #28 Posted by clubfoot 16 years ago
Chimpanzees are intelligent animals. Watch them take over the world one day ... hurling stones at anyone and anything that nears them. (lol) There is no way known that they can take over the world throwing stones at anyone and anything that nears them. We are much smarter, we throw nukes and napalm and nitro and all sorts of other good stuff at each other. We rule!!
Comment icon #29 Posted by PinkBlackJackII 16 years ago
There is no way known that they can take over the world throwing stones at anyone and anything that nears them. We are much smarter, we throw nukes and napalm and nitro and all sorts of other good stuff at each other. We rule!! It was a mere joke, lol.
Comment icon #30 Posted by clubfoot 16 years ago
It was a mere joke, lol. I know, it was a 'ripper' thats why I responded. I did actually see the LOL on the end of your comment. So, in the words of another famous person, I've forgotten who it was, Muahahahaha! Ooh, sorry! Muahahahahaha!!, bugger, I think that it might be time for me to go to bed. A mere joke for a mere male is irresistible!
Comment icon #31 Posted by Harriet C. 16 years ago
There's a market insurance salesmen haven't tapped into yet! *Excuse me, Mr. Chimp, have you provided for your loved ones yet?*
Comment icon #32 Posted by clubfoot 16 years ago
There's a market insurance salesmen haven't tapped into yet! *Excuse me, Mr. Chimp, have you provided for your loved ones yet?* Mr Chimp is 'planning ahead' for this occurrence, that's why he collected the rocks.
Comment icon #33 Posted by Eieam Wun 16 years ago
Mr Chimp is 'planning ahead' for this occurrence, that's why he collected the rocks. LMAO...
Comment icon #34 Posted by clubfoot 16 years ago
LMAO... Me too, Mr. Chimp still has that self-satisfied smirk on his face .............waiting.........................waiting!
Comment icon #35 Posted by BaneSilvermoon 16 years ago
Mr Chimp is 'planning ahead' for this occurrence, that's why he collected the rocks. lol.. well there's your proof that chimps are smarter than man :-p
Comment icon #36 Posted by clubfoot 16 years ago
lol.. well there's your proof that chimps are smarter than man :-p I'm not sure about this. There is a difference between intellect and common sense, I suspect that the latter is the key point of difference in this case. Anyhow, I'm not silly, I've started collecting my own rocks as well, just in case, us apes stick together!


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