Monkey News
An experiment at Duke University Medical Center offered thirsty monkeys a choice: their favorite drink, in this case, Juicy Juice brand cherry drink, or the opportunity to look at computer images of the dominant, “celebrity” monkey of their pack. Despite their thirst, they chose to look at the pictures. Monkeys with status have food, power and sexual magnetism — everything the others crave. The impulse to look at these “celebrity” monkeys was so strong, it superseded thirst.
also, has this been posted?
Capuchin monkeys learned to use money this year. Using a silver disk as currency that could be exchanged for food, the critters quickly developed budgeting and began following the basic rules of utility maximization and price theory. A capuchin even discovered the fungibility of money — that it could be used to buy not only food, but anything. The first new monetary monkey market: sex. Researchers were stunned when a male offered a female a token for a quick roll in the hay and she accepted. Afterward, the female traded her new token for a tasty grape.
this isn't his usual overnight guest.
Oh, ugh.
Man, roommates are tough.
I am SO helping you guys draw up a questionnaire next time. I'll even grill potential roommates for you!
(ETA: not that you guys aren't capable of choosing a roommate. Just that I doubt you are as mean and nasty as I am)
bon, me too. In fact, I forgot again until you just reminded me.
Actually, the big shocker to me recently was a thing that mentioned Daniel Schorr's age. Now, logically, given what I know he's covered, it shouldn't be too startling. But dude! He's 90!
I love the hooker monkeys.
I'm not one of the b.org monkey people, but with the aid of Wonderfalls I'm spreading monkey love at krav.
I get a frisson of pleasure when someone switches the subject by saying "And monkey monkey monkey. Not enough monkey love." And then does the little bookend hand gesture.
also, has this been posted?
I posted it months ago, but you've just reminded me that I was going to send it to the Ricky Gervais Show podcast, so thanks! (They have a segment called Monkey News.)
To quote one of the directors of Toy Story 2 (from the commentary), "Everything's better with monkeys."
You would be proud, msbelle.
And I'll definitely be spreading the monkey.
Nuh-uh. Vacuum cleaners.
I think that I've mentioned here before the experiment one of my colleagues did: she had people raise baby starlings in their homes, and waited to see what kind of "song" the starlings learned in the absence of other starlings. Some learned human speech, in the exact voice of one of the family members, e.g. "Good morning you stupid bird!" Others learned to sing the sound of the phone ringing or the microwave timer going off. But one bird "sang" the sound of the vacuum cleaner. The family swore that the bird would torment the cats by making this noise as they walked past.
