A USSA Senator from the North East?
Posted on 10/18/2005 6:33:03 AM PDT by mlc9852
GOMA, Congo - An infant gorilla in a Congo sanctuary is smashing palm nuts between two rocks to extract oil, surprising and intriguing scientists who say they have much to learn about what gorillas can do — and about what that says about evolution.
It had been thought that the premeditated use of stones and sticks to accomplish a task like cracking nuts was restricted to humans and the smaller, more agile chimpanzees. Then in late September, keepers at a Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International sanctuary in this eastern Congo city saw 2 1/2-year-old female gorilla Itebero smashing palm nuts between rocks in the "hammer and anvil" technique, considered among the most complex tool use behaviors.
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But evolution is just a theory. If it were fact then what are the gorillas evolving int...o.........?
Wait.
Oh...crappers.....it's true! Eeee Gads!
They are evolving into democRATs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh guard the doors!
I won't consider them truly evolving until I see a group of them jump out of a pick-up, mow my grass and edge the flowerbeds.
Tsk tsk! Wash your fingers out with soap! :-)
When I was younger, a musician smashing a guitar onstage was exciting. Now an ape with a rock, THAT's exciting!.........
Humm, missing link or candidate for the US Senate from a North Eastern State?
I think I have seen them working on the Big Dig in Boston.
My daughter has a Goffin's cockatoo who likes to grip a Q-tip in one claw and scratch his head with it. I thought of "tool use" the first time I saw it.
Sorry, bubba. This shirt doesn't come off for just anyone.
LOL! I think the gorilla is doing more work, though.
Gorillas are vegetarians. What would he need a BBQ for?
A USSA Senator from the North East?
When she can operate a lathe, I'll be impressed.
I had a puppy that used to pore over the Wall Street Journal every morning...
Some day soon, they'll get a taste for human flesh. And there will be a reckoning.
What's news worthy about this? I had a couple of gorilla's do some concrete work a few years ago.
You would pick two vegetables that are on my "do not eat" list.
Grilled Corn on the Cob and Onions?
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