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Zoo drama as escaped chimp grabs gun
Ichiro the chimp, a 42-year-old resident of Ishikawa Zoo in Japan, managed to escape to the roof in order to cool down during a heatwave.
But it took a lot of work from the zoo staff to get him back. One worker was disarmed of his tranquiliser gun and the chimp withstood two direct hits from other workers. Ichiro the chimp, a 42-year-old resident of Ishikawa Zoo in Japan, managed to escape to the roof in order to cool down during a heatwa... more -
chimp on the loose in California forest
A 42-year-old chimpanzee who is toilet-trained and can eat with a knife and fork is believed to be at large in a Southern California forest after escaping his cage.
The chimp, named Moe, disappeared Friday from Jungle Exotics, which trains animals for the entertainment industry.
He wandered into a house next door, surprising construction workers, who saw him head for a nearby mountain.
A weekend search in the San Bernardino National Forest 50 miles east of Los Angeles came up empty.
"I yelled his name out for hours, for hours, with no one else around. Nothing. Not even a hoot," said LaDonna Davis, who owns Moe with husband St. James Davis.
The Davises, who raised Moe in suburban West Covina for more than three decades, contracted a helicopter to fly over the forest Saturday and Sunday, hoping the noise would flush Moe out of hiding, said Mike McCasland, who's serving as the couple's spokesman. "That's the one thing that does spook him," he said.
"We think he may be hunkered down near a water source," said McCasland. "We think he's in a contained area a quarter-mile away, but he's probably disoriented, and the brush is extremely heavy." A 42-year-old chimpanzee who is toilet-trained and can eat with a knife and fork is believed to be at large in a Southern California f... more -
Attachment Issues?
"Mankind’s inner chimpanzee refuses to let go. This matters to everything from economics to law.
The endowment effect was controversial for years. The idea that a squishy, irrational bit of human behaviour could affect the cold, clean and rational world of markets was a challenge to neoclassical economists. Their assumption had always been that individuals act to maximize their welfare (the defining characteristic of economic man, or Homo economicus). The value someone puts on something should not, therefore, depend on whether he actually owns it. But the endowment effect has been seen in hundreds of experiments, the most famous of which found that students were surprisingly reluctant to trade a coffee mug they had been given for a bar of chocolate, even though they did not prefer coffee mugs to chocolate when given a straight choice between the two.
The endowment effect has nothing to do with wealth or transaction costs. Not even emotional attachment, whatever that means, can really be called in as an explanation, since the effect is both instantaneous and sometimes felt even by those who buy and sell for a living.
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To put flesh on the idea, Dr Jones and Dr Brosnan have been trying to overcome Smith’s observation by training chimpanzees to trade. In 2006 Keith Chen of Yale University showed that capuchin monkeys could learn to do so, and also seemed to exhibit the endowment effect. Chimps, it turns out, can manage to truck too. In the chimp study, tubes of peanut butter and frozen juice bars were used. Both treats were designed to be difficult to eat quickly. This makes it possible for animals that would otherwise consume any food they were given at the first opportunity at least to consider the idea of an exchange.
When presented with a choice, 60% of the chimps preferred peanut butter to juice. However, when they were endowed with peanut butter, 80% of them chose to keep it instead of exchanging it for juice. It was as if the peanut butter became more valuable as soon as it was possessed. And an opposite endowment effect was observed when the chimps were given juice.
All in all, the rational conclusion is that humans are irrational animals."
-economist.com
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Bush protested heavily at Academy
The Chimp is getting his come-uppins... Oh yeah, and he did that jock ass chest bump thing to some air force frat boy too...
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European Court agrees to hear chimp's plea for human rights
"His name is Matthew, he is 26 years old, and his supporters hope to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights."
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Chimps use "spears" to hunt mammals
Some chimps in Senegal use spears to hunt mammals, a discovery that has rocked primatology. Now scientists believe the behavior may offer insights into our ancestors.
I think it's the future of these animals that we should be watching if you know what I mean. Some chimps in Senegal use spears to hunt mammals, a discovery that has rocked primatology. Now scientists believe the behavior may of... more -
Chimps’ brains ready for spoken language
Did you know that an area of the brain responsible for language in humans also plays a similar role in chimps? New research provides further evidence that chimpanzee methods of communication are similar to human language. It is thought that the neurobiological basis for communication may have originated in the common ancestor between chimps and humans. Did you know that an area of the brain responsible for language in humans also plays a similar role in chimps? New research provides f... more
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Why do chimps eat dirt?
Cuz they are hongray? No cuz it's healthy :) Oh Chimps!
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Who wins in the grand old debate: Chimps or Humans?
A multitude of research has come out in recent months about the similarities and differences of human beings and chimpanzees.
Researchers have claimed that apes are smarter than human babies and human college students.
Studies have also shown that people know a lot about their simian relatives.
People who initially claimed that they knew nothing of chimps, ended up knowing that chimps can use sign language and have strong family bonds.
Where do you stand in the chimpanzee debate? A multitude of research has come out in recent months about the similarities and differences of human beings and chimpanzees. ... more -
Chimps vs. Students
Japanese scientists at Kyoto University pitted chimpanzees against students in memory tests. Who do you think did better?
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Chimp outsmarts college students
I for one welcome our new simian overlords.
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Rest in Peace, Washoe
"Washoe, the female chimpanzee who scientists say was the first non-human primate to learn sign language, passed away on Tuesday night. She was 42 years old.
Washoe was born and captured in West Africa, briefly used for research by the US Air Force, and finally adopted by psychologists Beatrix and R. Allen Gardner, who raised her in their home and treated her like a deaf human child.
She was then adopted by Roger and Deborah Fouts, the directors of Central Washington University's Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute. In her lifetime, Washoe mastered the use of more than 250 signs and even taught them to another chimpanzee."
-Wired News "Washoe, the female chimpanzee who scientists say was the first non-human primate to learn sign language, passed away on Tuesday ... more -
Washoe-First Signing Chimpazee, Dies
This Chimpanzee would recognize a toothbrush when she walked into a bathroom. She was a smart little monkey with over 250 words in her vocabulary. They say she did more than just imitate, she was educated. When she was older she even taught sign language to three younger chimpanzees. Wow.
Of course there are many controversies to studies with animals, but Washoe did live a long life, and she died of natural causes.
What are your thoughts on these special projects? This Chimpanzee would recognize a toothbrush when she walked into a bathroom. She was a smart little monkey with over 250 words in he... more -
Losing Our Closest Relatives
We happen to be cutting off the branch of the family tree that we are perched on..........
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If you're a chimp, you've got it easy
Not only do you get free stuff, you can get yourself on Fox News. Yeah!
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Monkey business
Animal rights activists, who are attempting to have a 26 year old chimpanzee legally declared a person, have vowed to take their challenge to Austria's Supreme Court. Animal rights activists, who are attempting to have a 26 year old chimpanzee legally declared a person, have vowed to take their chall... more
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Who's smarter? Chimps or babies?
Answer: Babies. Sort of. And an answer to a life-long question of mine: "The question of exactly what it is that makes humans special, in short, may be on the way to being solved." Answer: Babies. Sort of. And an answer to a life-long question of mine: "The question of exactly what it is that makes humans spe... more
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