Here's an oldie but goodie.....
Gene Gene The Dancing Machine
Posted on 06/23/2017 12:34:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Want to feel old? Harambe the gorilla has been dead for over a year. We’re due for some viral primate news. Today’s comes courtesy of the Dallas Zoo’s YouTube channel, which posted a video earlier this week of Zola, one of its gorillas, dancing around in a kiddie pool. It is a rare piece of perfect content.
Excuse me while I begin raising funds for an all-gorilla reboot of Flashdance.
Jennifer has nothing to worry about.....................
Pure joy.
Was naming a whole taxonomic animal order “Primates” a dig at Christian churches with archbishops that hold a rank of that name?
I wondered about that. Then I stopped wondering about that.
I’d have to say that that is as close to pure, uncomplicated joy as I have seen recently!
That video is labeled as “Breakdancing Gorilla Enjoys Pool Behind-the-Scenes.”
Breakdancing? Really?
I like the clip that is set to “Maniac.” Funny!
Considering she did none of the dancing in that picture, probably not.
I’ll probably stop too, after today.
She didn’t?................
Maybe. Or maybe it was just a logical use of Latin.
Primatenoun
1. Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.2. any of various omnivorous mammals of the order Primates, comprising the three suborders Anthropoidea (humans, great apes, gibbons, Old World monkeys, and New World monkeys), Prosimii (lemurs, loris, and their allies), and Tarsioidea (tarsiers), especially distinguished by the use of hands, varied locomotion, and by complex flexible behavior involving a high level of social interaction and cultural adaptability.
3. Archaic. a chief or leader.
Origin of primate
1175-1225; Middle English primat dignitary, religious leader < Late Latin prīmāt- (stem of prīmās), noun use of Latin prīmās of first rank, derivative of prīmus first (see prime); (def 2) taken as singular of New Latin Primates Primates, as if ending in -ate
-ate
Word Origin
1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution paralleling that of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin: calibrate; acierate .
The Gong Show was a riot back in the day huh? Remember the classic ‘The Popsicle Twins’ clip act? (With J.P Morgan’s comment at the end: “You know, that’s the way I started”! lol!!
Primate means Primary, First, Top of the List.
Ape-type Primates are at the top of the mammal hierarchy.
Bishop-type Primates are at the top of their national ecclesiastical hierarchy.
But you knew that!
By what measure, though? It reminds me of geocentrism when it comes to astronomy, if that is what inspired such nomenclature.
Ape-type Primates are at the top of the mammal hierarchy
And the final dance was done by three people and at least one was a guy.
There wasn’t a whole lot of taxonomic classification-—Phyla, Orders, binomial nomenclature and so forth -— in the OT.
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