[freelancer]

their ability to thrive in urban and rural environments from Indonesia to northern Thailand could offer lessons for endangered species

Give a macaque a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a macaque to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

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Nice...

[MrB]

Our American welfare recipients sit on street corners and drink beer all day, and they have intentionally not been “taught how to fish”.

[ottbmare]

Give a macaque a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a macaque to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

No, teach a macaque to fish and he will spend huge amounts of money on sparkly-painted boats, equipment, sonar, trailer, SUV, gas for aforementioned SUV, long fishing trips, special clothes, taxidermy, DVDs, you name it. The beer is the least of it. ;-)