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Gorilla with a human-like strut likes to keep his hands clean, zoo says
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Posted on 03/20/2018 12:59:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin
"Gorillas will occasionally stand up for a few seconds or walk a couple of steps, but what we see Louis doing is really walking clear across the yard, and that's quite special," said Michael Stern, a curator at the Philadelphia Zoo.
He says Louis walks upright for a number of different reasons.
"In the video, he does have his hands full of tomatoes, which is one of his favorite treats, and I think he just doesn't want to crush them by knuckle-walking, so he stands up and walks. He'll also do it more if the yard is muddy. For whatever reason, he does not like the feel of mud on his hands and he just likes to stand up and walk sometimes," Stern said.
Louis is not alone. A 27-year-old gorilla in England named Ambam made headlines in 2011 for his own human-like strut. Both Louis and Ambam walk upright to more effectively gather food...
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: gorilla; gorillawalking
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03/20/2018 12:59:38 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:02:27 PM PDT
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txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: BenLurkin
He likes to strut and doesn’t like to get his hands dirty...
Great. A gay gorilla.
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03/20/2018 1:02:38 PM PDT
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dp0622
(The Left should know saying Syrian rebels in anost back in Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
He is now qualified to run for president under the dem ticket
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:02:49 PM PDT
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dsrtsage
(For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
To: BenLurkin
He has OCD......................
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:03:03 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: BenLurkin
How much you wanna bet that is a man in a gorilla suit.
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:03:06 PM PDT
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Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:03:51 PM PDT
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Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: BenLurkin
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03/20/2018 1:07:39 PM PDT
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Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Slyfox
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:07:51 PM PDT
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EEGator
To: BenLurkin
Does he have a sharp crease down his pants, and is clean and articulate? Maybe he could be Joe Biden’s running mate.
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03/20/2018 1:10:23 PM PDT
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SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: BenLurkin
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03/20/2018 1:11:18 PM PDT
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ichabod1
(I'm tired of living in the kinder gentler soviet union.)
To: BenLurkin
"In the video, he does have his hands full of tomatoes,
Damn, this is definitely headline news, a gorilla walking with tomatoes in his hands.........
Not directed at you Ben, but a humorous remark on my park
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03/20/2018 1:13:08 PM PDT
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Hot Tabasco
(My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
To: SERKIT
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03/20/2018 1:17:03 PM PDT
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EEGator
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:17:32 PM PDT
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RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
To: Hot Tabasco
Now you know you’ve seen tomatoes that you wanted to just reach out and palm.
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03/20/2018 1:17:56 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
If he carries a $2,500 Samsung flat screen out of a Walmart, who’s gonna stop him?
To: VietVet876
Brilliant idea.
It would be like the Dobermans who were trained to rob a bank.
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:21:06 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: VietVet876
If he carries a $2,500 Samsung flat screen out of a Walmart, who’s gonna stop him?
Tarzan the retired entrance greeter?
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03/20/2018 1:22:22 PM PDT
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Hot Tabasco
(My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
To: dp0622
To: BenLurkin
Wow...a gorilla can learn and adapt...
In another 500 million years he will be doing brain surgery...
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03/20/2018 1:23:01 PM PDT
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Popman
(My sin was great, Your love was greater What could separate us now…)
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