Chimps Master First Step in Controlling Fire

livescience ^ | 21 December 2009 | Charles Q. Choi

[Marie2]

In the face of such overwhelming visual evidence I must of course reconsider my position!

[JoeProBono]

And they are mild

[Vaduz]

This newfound capability of chimpanzees,so I guess all other animals just hang around when a fire comes to them.

[JoeProBono]

[truth_seeker]

Further evidence suggesting the primates inside the cages in Africa may be more evolved than the ones outside.

[skepsel]

Don’t know how to post it myself, but this thread is crying out for the “Farside” cartoon by Gary Larson showing the apes or apemen fleeing the burning building with the “Fire Research” or some such, sign over the doors!

[gundog]

This would, of course, presume we are somehow related to chimpanzees. A premise many of us reject.

The chimps ain't braggin' on it, either.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Even geneticists reject the idea that we are related to chimps.

[Huck]

Zira did have a certain, er, animal magnetism. (Oh he didn’t go there! yes he did!)

[Huck]

They ARE just as smart as SOME human beings, it seems.

[JoeProBono]

[brityank]

... I guess all other animals just hang around when a fire comes to them.

Or they get into the water to try to stay safe:

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[JoeProBono]

[JRios1968]

"I, for one, welcome our new simian overlords..."

[djf]

I wish people would learn English, most especially hack headline writers.

“Controlling” means you can create it. You can extinguish it. You can make it burn right or left, or up and down.

All I read from the article says that chimps have finally figured out that fire is hot and they have a dim clue about whether to run or not.

Given that, it sounds like chimps might make good editors for Sciencedaily!

But there ain’t a single thing here to suggest “controlling”...

[djf]

Oooops!

And my apologies to Sciencedaily. It’s another outfit called “livescience”.

But the chimps don’t know, so what difference does it make?

[U S Army EOD]

Not only that, ducks are equipped with flat feet to stomp out forest fires and elephants are equipped with flat feet to stomp out burning ducks.

[winodog]

Is there a story for the wheelbarrow pic?
I like the way you made it seem the “thinking chimp” was looking at the fire.

[DariusBane]

Wow... Not photo shop? Awesome!