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I thought the Fongoli community was in Brooklyn. When did they go to the Senegalese savannah?
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | February 23, 2007 at 09:37 AM
the chimps sniffed or licked their weapons, as if to see whether or not they shed blood.
That statement is just so wrong in so many ways...
Posted by: fivver | February 23, 2007 at 09:38 AM
Somebody better alert the secret service!
Posted by: Sean | February 23, 2007 at 09:39 AM
They're hunting babies?!?!? RUN!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: tropichunt.com guy™ | February 23, 2007 at 09:40 AM
Snork @ Sean!
Posted by: Hammond (Vote for Dave!) Rye | February 23, 2007 at 09:42 AM
At first glance I thought this had to do with Brittany's new boy friend..
Posted by: Sean | February 23, 2007 at 09:42 AM
Am I the only one who hears "Thus Spake Zarathustra" in the background?
Posted by: Guin | February 23, 2007 at 09:43 AM
Guin, I was thinking more along the lines of the opening sequence of "The History of the World, Part 1."
Posted by: Hammond (Vote for Dave!) Rye | February 23, 2007 at 09:46 AM
We just need to hire the chimps to hunt squirrels instead of bushbabies. I hear they work for
peanutsbananas.Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | February 23, 2007 at 09:46 AM
My God, it's full of spears!
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | February 23, 2007 at 09:50 AM
*snork @ meanie!* and 'Call it Spear Gate'
Posted by: fivver | February 23, 2007 at 09:56 AM
DPC, key quote here - they have experience!
Previously, researchers had spotted one chimpanzee using tools to flush out mammalian prey, specifically employing a branch to rouse a squirrel.
And Meanie, the only place full of Spears is a certain rehab unit in Malibu and Federline's apartment.
Posted by: qsman | February 23, 2007 at 09:57 AM
"chimpanzees that dwell in savannahs similar to those from which humanity's ancestors are thought to have emerged." And what are they trying to imply by that statement???
Posted by: Mot the Hoople | February 23, 2007 at 10:03 AM
i thought it had to do with dubya's daughters...
Posted by: queensbee | February 23, 2007 at 10:07 AM
Mornin' again!
I thought thought this was about Twatney too.
Posted by: Siouxie | February 23, 2007 at 10:08 AM
It's possible that if we were to give Ms. Spears to the chimps, they would give her back and look insulted.
Posted by: Nurse Tammy | February 23, 2007 at 10:11 AM
I thought they limited themselves to flinging faeces.
Posted by: Mot the Hoople | February 23, 2007 at 10:13 AM
Hooray! I've been unbanned again!
...why does the bot have a bloody spear hanging out of its neck?
Posted by: Clean Hands | February 23, 2007 at 10:15 AM
Sounds like a lot of monkeying around to me.
*groans Okay, okay, I know that was bad.
Posted by: DavetheRed | February 23, 2007 at 10:16 AM
Chimps still don't make guns, so I feel safe.
Posted by: Beppie | February 23, 2007 at 10:16 AM
*whistles innocently*
I have no idea, CH....
Posted by: Nurse Tammy | February 23, 2007 at 10:16 AM
Yay, a three way with Beppie and Nurse Tammy! lol
Posted by: DavetheRed | February 23, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Not to be tempting fate, I've haven't had a glimpse of the bot all day. What a pleasure after yesterday's patience sapping endeavours.
Posted by: Mot the Hoople | February 23, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Perhaps the bot exhausted itself. Or it's busy with the coffeemaker.
Posted by: Nurse Tammy | February 23, 2007 at 10:20 AM
And a brokeback moment with DTR.
Posted by: Mot the Hoople | February 23, 2007 at 10:21 AM
Wait. Fox News has a SCIENCE section??? What's up with THAT?
Posted by: Moon | February 23, 2007 at 10:25 AM
It took four years for the chimpanzees to become comfortable enough with the scientists to allow them to follow the chimps around and observe behaviors such as hunting.
"The greatest difficulty initially was finding them," Pruetz recalled.
That's because they were hiding out in their houses. Then in the am they have their cofffee, get ready for work, leave and lock up behind them, then head off to the savannah to lead the scientists around in circles...
Posted by: mm | February 23, 2007 at 10:26 AM
*flashes mot*
*runs away, giggling*
Posted by: bot | February 23, 2007 at 10:42 AM
"Thanks, Larry. Buy me 2000 shares of GOOGLE if it drops another $1.00. Listen, I gotta go. We're expecting the scientists again this morning. Say Hi to Marcie for me."
*Hangs up cell phone*
"Okay, everyone. The scientists will be here any minute. Hide the cell phones and the I-Pods. Steve, I don't want to see another Starbucks cup like yesterday! Everybody got a spear? OK. Starting positions! And...Action!"
Posted by: Hammond (Vote for Dave!) Rye | February 23, 2007 at 11:08 AM
I don't see what the big deal is. Even the adult bushes aren't that hard to catch.
Posted by: Brainy Jello | February 23, 2007 at 11:29 AM
*snork* at queensbee
I didn't know what lesser bush babies were.
Aww.... they're cute. Time to shock the monkeys.
Posted by: Cat R. | February 23, 2007 at 11:33 AM
"Perhaps the greatest obstacle to the research, Pruetz said, is the growing human population in the area, "which threatens to disturb the chimpanzees' habitat and may eventually result in either forcing them from the area or into extinction."
Wait a minute...these chimps know how to kill something with a spear, and scientists are worried that humans in the area are going to threaten them?
Anybody read 'Congo' by Michael Crichton?
Posted by: CandyT | February 23, 2007 at 11:57 AM