Scientists find monkeys who know how to fish

APnewsmyway ^ | Jun 10, 7:27 AM (ET) | MICHAEL CASEY

[Grizzled Bear]

When they can thread and bait a hook I’ll be impressed....

How about "fly-tying?"

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Yeah, my monkey is not impressed...

[BlueMondaySkipper]

Give a monkey a fish...he’ll eat for a day. Teach a monkey to fish... and he’ll still throw his feces at you. But he might get his own show on ESPN.

Or pMSNBC

[andy58-in-nh]

You’re correct: I forgot all about Olbermonkey.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

“If you provide them with an opportunity to get something tasty, they will do their best to get it.”

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Ummm, doesn’t this prety much sum up the history of life on earth, for say the past few million years?

[null and void]

Or, to some on this forum, the last 6012 years...

[rufus963]

[NordP]

Nicely done...

Aloha!

[SunkenCiv]

I was too lazy to type in the version I vaguely remember (which I heard 20+ years ago, as part of stage patter by “not THE” Robin Williams, of Robin and Linda Williams, a folk act from Virginia) and instead did a quick web search, found a usable short version, and edited a little. I tried telling the RW version tonight, got a laugh, then someone told me a longer version involving some bayou-country fisherman etc. :’)

[MARTIAL MONK]

That’s nothing. I’ve heard that with a little patience you can even teach a Texan to fish. Gotta watch ‘em though or they’ll eat the bait.

[null and void]

*sigh* Aggies...