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Gorillas filmed performing amazing feat of intellectual ability
PhysOrg ^
| July 23, 2012
| Bob Yirka
Posted on 07/24/2012 7:44:59 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
Researchers working in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda have filmed gorillas dismantling snares set by poachers to catch smaller game. Previously, anecdotal evidence had suggested that silverback gorillas had been seen dismantling snares. In this instance it was two young blackback, mountain gorillas that were involved. The team, part of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund's Karisoke Research Center, filmed first a silverback motioning towards the snare. Next, two young male blackbacks arrived on the scene, surveyed the situation, then proceeded to take apart the snare, avoiding being caught in it in the process.
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KEYWORDS: africa; godsgravesglyphs; gorilla; iq; rwanda; wildlife
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands
Yes, where IS the video?? Strange.
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posted on
07/24/2012 7:48:00 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
( There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply ! ! ..)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands
Occam’s razor requires us to ask: How do we know these weren’t just people in gorilla suits?
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posted on
07/24/2012 7:49:24 PM PDT
by
Yardstick
To: FlingWingFlyer
sounds like Gorillas are smarter than your average liberal along with how Gorillas don’;t go into hissy baby fits unlike the homosexuals
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posted on
07/24/2012 7:52:25 PM PDT
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
surveyed the situation, then proceeded to take apart the snare, avoiding being caught in it in the process.
Something, it should be noted, that would be far beyond the abilities of a Liberal....
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posted on
07/24/2012 7:52:58 PM PDT
by
Uncle Ike
(Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
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posted on
07/24/2012 7:52:58 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
Next thing you know, they’ll be voting Democrat in the next election.
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posted on
07/24/2012 8:05:40 PM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: cripplecreek
GETA?
It took me awhile, but I finally caught it. (I probably couldn't disable a snare today.)
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posted on
07/24/2012 8:18:40 PM PDT
by
Engraved-on-His-hands
(Mitt Romney is a handbasket driver. I refuse to ride.)
To: Yardstick
I think most animals are more intelligent than we give them credit for. Their motivations are different than humans, so it’s not always apparent.
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posted on
07/24/2012 8:19:11 PM PDT
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Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: Jonty30
“I think most animals are more intelligent than we give them credit for. Their motivations are different than humans, so its not always apparent.”
The temp was 104 here yesterday. My juvenile delinquent long
haired dog did everything possible to curry my favor and
stay inside.
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posted on
07/24/2012 8:31:14 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: Jonty30
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posted on
07/24/2012 8:52:09 PM PDT
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MNDude
( Victimhood is the Holy Grail of liberalism)
To: MNDude
Although, he still may be more intelligent than credit given, there’s just no accounting for taste. :)
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07/24/2012 9:07:18 PM PDT
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Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
Gorillas filmed performing amazing feat of intellectual ability They balanced a budget without raising taxes?
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posted on
07/24/2012 9:16:35 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands
“Get your hands off me you damn dirty ape”!
To: Jonty30
The fact that many can survive years, decades, in the absolute wild, better than we could, shows they have to have good, adaptive intelligence.
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posted on
07/24/2012 10:09:10 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: MNDude
Dude, plenty of people eat poop. That ain’t a very high bar there.
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posted on
07/24/2012 10:10:58 PM PDT
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Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: SunkenCiv
Not really GGG but thought you’d find this interesting.
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posted on
07/24/2012 10:35:06 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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