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Researches find poop-throwing by chimps is a sign of intelligence
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-poop-throwing-chimps-intelligence.html ^

Posted on 12/02/2011 6:13:28 AM PST by chessplayer

(PhysOrg.com) -- A lot of people who have gone to the zoo have become the targets of feces thrown by apes or monkeys, and left no doubt wondering about the so-called intellectual capacity of a beast that would resort to such foul play. Now however, researchers studying such behavior have come to the conclusion that throwing feces, or any object really, is actually a sign of high ordered behavior.

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KEYWORDS: chimps; congress; poop; poopthrowing
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As far as I know, they only throw it at humans, though. I hate chimps.
1 posted on 12/02/2011 6:13:29 AM PST by chessplayer
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Oh definitely so. And so let’s extrapolate and pronounce that defecating on police cars is also a sign of intelligence, yeah that’s the ticket.........


2 posted on 12/02/2011 6:15:56 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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Can you say Grant Money??

I'm so sick of paying for worthless hypothetical information.

4 posted on 12/02/2011 6:19:03 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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Exactly. “Researchers” are trying to improve the image of the defecating fleabaggers.


5 posted on 12/02/2011 6:20:35 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Stop BIG Government Greed Now!!!!)
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That can’t be right. Look at all the poop the pols throw day in and day out and we know they aren’t intelligent.


6 posted on 12/02/2011 6:24:06 AM PST by animal172 (All aboard the Cain Train.)
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this must be why the occupiers think they’re so smart.


7 posted on 12/02/2011 6:26:19 AM PST by quintr
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but they’re smart enough to somehow get their constituents to keep re-electing them. How can a group of people with a 20% approval rating continue to get re-elected?


8 posted on 12/02/2011 6:27:48 AM PST by quintr
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I wonder if Hillary fully considered her options before throwing those ashtrays at Bill.


9 posted on 12/02/2011 6:29:16 AM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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These chimps are behaving like the OWS crowd. Just how does this make either class “intelligent”?


10 posted on 12/02/2011 6:29:54 AM PST by nonsporting
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By that logic, the occupy retard who crapped on the Police car must be a genius.


11 posted on 12/02/2011 6:30:06 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (A communist is just a liberal in a hurry)
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The Royal Society study linked to in the article raises some interesting points — the ONLY creatures that throw anything are humans and chimps (and apes, etc.). Knowing how and why to throw something at someone or something else is apparently an intellectual milestone. Most MLB pitchers must be geniuses.


12 posted on 12/02/2011 6:35:03 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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People here on FR just do not give Michael Moore enough credit.


13 posted on 12/02/2011 6:41:40 AM PST by donozark (Not all heroes wear tights and a cape.)
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There are a lot of talentless, non sentient, humans who through all kinds of crap against a wall hoping for something, anything to stick...


14 posted on 12/02/2011 6:43:06 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anywaqq)
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If throwing feces demonstrates high intelligence, then the idiots in D.C must be geniuses, considering the volume of sh*t they shovel at us on a daily basis.


15 posted on 12/02/2011 6:47:24 AM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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There are a lot of talentless, non sentient, humans who through all kinds of crap against a wall hoping for something, anything to stick...

And then call what sticks to the wall "art" and get a gov grant.

16 posted on 12/02/2011 6:50:42 AM PST by rightly_dividing (1Cor. 15:1-4)
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With all the gaffes by the smartest president ever Rush played yesterday, expect The Kenyan to implement this practice next, to prove his underappreciated intelligence.


17 posted on 12/02/2011 6:52:09 AM PST by Fireone (Heating the tar and readying the feathers.)
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The bar for “intelligence” has been lowered quite a bit.


18 posted on 12/02/2011 7:04:21 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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OWS will take note of this development in hopes of increasing their demonstrable intelligence.


19 posted on 12/02/2011 7:09:13 AM PST by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: chessplayer

This is a sad ploy to make progressives behavior in close elections look smart.


20 posted on 12/02/2011 7:09:47 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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