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VIDEO: Monkeys 'teach infants to floss'
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| 12 March 2009
Posted on 03/14/2009 11:58:53 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Making sure your offspring know how to clean their teeth appears to be as important to monkeys as to humans. Female monkeys in Thailand have been observed showing their young how to floss their teeth - using human hair. Researchers from Japan said they watched seven long-tailed macaques cleaning the spaces between their teeth in the same manner as humans. They spent double the amount of time flossing when they were being watched by their infants, the team said. This suggests the mothers were deliberately teaching their young how to floss, Professor Nobuo Masataka of Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute said. "I was surprised because teaching techniques on using tools properly to a third party are said to be an activity carried out only by humans," he told the AFP news agency.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: chimpanzee; monkey
To: JoeProBono
Are they flossing human flesh from their teeth with human hair?
To: JoeProBono
Yeah - but do they do it after every meal?
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posted on
03/14/2009 12:05:10 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: JoeProBono
They still eat bugs and each other, shat and pee where they’re standing and haven’t figured out how to make fire yet.
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posted on
03/14/2009 12:05:32 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: JoeProBono
The rest of that sentence is, “...their butts!”
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posted on
03/14/2009 12:08:35 PM PDT
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: JoeProBono
"Not-guilty"
To: Dallas59
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posted on
03/14/2009 12:31:18 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Diogenesis
I don’t like to floss my teeth. I know it’s supposed to be the thing to do, and eventually the nanny state will guilt trip us into doing it after every meal. Sigh. Don’t quit it on my account.
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posted on
03/14/2009 12:32:27 PM PDT
by
Twinkie
(Obama is NOT Reagan !)
To: JoeProBono
They can smoke too!
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posted on
03/14/2009 12:42:11 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: JoeProBono
It's hard to tell from the video exactly what the monkey is doing. My cats like to play with and chew on dental floss, but they're obviously not trying to clean their teeth. (I wish they would - the vet wants $400 to do it.)
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posted on
03/14/2009 12:48:11 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( Dear Mr. Obama - Please make it rain candy! P.S. I like jelly beans.)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
03/14/2009 1:11:08 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/14/2009 1:37:50 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
03/14/2009 2:15:13 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Monkeys 'teach infants to floss' In addition to their other main skill of throwing feces.
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posted on
03/14/2009 2:16:43 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
(I am just a monkey man, I'm glad you are a monkey woman, too.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/14/2009 2:23:10 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Here's hoping the Kennedy family trust is in deep....with Madoff)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/14/2009 2:32:00 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
03/14/2009 2:52:28 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/14/2009 3:28:20 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: 2banana
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posted on
03/16/2009 9:31:16 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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