Say, What? Monkey Mouths And Throats Are Equipped For Speech

NPR ^ | December 9, 20162:01 PM ET | Nell Greenfieldboyce

[BenLurkin]

Good grief. It's bad enough when toddlers learn how to talk. Now monkeys.

[Paladin2]

Hey, my dog talks to me and I understand.

The reverse is more than true. She has a 2-3 yr. old's understanding of English, though she often pretends not to understand (she's a Chessie, so that makes sense...).

[Sacajaweau]

Hmmmm.....What do I use my Grant Money for this time??

I know....Talking Monkeys!!

[bert]

American women have learned from Chimpanzees...... show you teeth as a gesture of subservience. The visual message is conveyed with no spoken words.

Unlike Chimps however , the women have developed musculature to permanently have their teeth visible.

[Zeppo]

I think that I already saw this movie.

Had Charlton Heston in it IIRC.

[Carl Vehse]

"Good grief. It's bad enough when toddlers learn how to talk. Now monkeys."

It couldn't be worse than listening to fifth-column leftist media anchors like David, Lester, and Scott.

[WKUHilltopper]

NPR has had talking monkeys spewing their propaganda and doing their broadcasts for decades.

[I want the USA back]

Sorry, but brains are not wired.
This is a metaphor. What you really mean is that the brain of a monkey does not have the capability to support the abstract thinking that is indispensable for language.
You will not be able to change that, because it is a monkey.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Take your paws off me you damned dirty ape!

[BenLurkin]

I doubt that much abstraction is necessary for low-level speech.

[madprof98]

Not sure about that. I think several are already employed as pundits for NPR.

[Gay State Conservative]

If you could change the way a monkey or an ape's brain is wired, that animal would be capable of producing perfectly intelligible speech.

And he's also be able to design 747s and compose symphonies.So what's the point here?

[Dr. Sivana]

Of course monkeys talk! They say things like chee-chee-chee! We just can’t translate. My best cat had dozens of ways to say meow and variations thereof, including exclamations, scoildings,declararations and interrogratories. He was CERTAINLY communicating.

[freedumb2003]

Explains liberals.

[Brilliant]

“If you could change the way a monkey or an ape’s brain is wired, that animal would be capable of producing perfectly intelligible speech.”

Then it’s just a matter of time.

[BenLurkin]

Mad scientists monkeying (pun intended) with nature. What could go wrong?

[editor-surveyor]

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Typical NPR bullshit!

Humans’ mouths are shaped parabolically.

Monkey mouths are narrow with parallel rows of molars, making speech essentially impossible.
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[fruser1]

So even if we put Hillary’s brain into a monkey, it’ll make no difference to the howls and shrieks.

[editor-surveyor]

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Monkey = NPR
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[BlueLancer]

“If you could change the way a monkey or an ape’s brain is wired, that animal would be capable of producing perfectly intelligible speech.”

And if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle ...