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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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To: BenLurkin
Louis is not alone. A 27-year-old gorilla in England named Ambam made headlines in 2011 for his own human-like strut. I think I've seen this movie before. Wasn't this the scenario in "Battle for Planet of the Apes"?
To: BenLurkin
Put a dress on it, and it would look like Moochie.
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03/20/2018 1:26:19 PM PDT
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mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: BenLurkin
To: EEGator
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:27:34 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!)
To: VietVet876
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:28:32 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!)
To: Popman
Well since all our brain surgery really consitsts of is removing parts of it, I hope we advance too!!
I know they are doing deep brain stimulation now and other things.
But speaking as someone with a pretty bad previous traumatic brain injury, ain’t a lot of brain reparing going on in surgery.
Worst part is most of brain can’t creat new cells because the ones they replace in certain parts would be our memories!!
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:31:21 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!)
To: dp0622
That gave me a good chuckle
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03/20/2018 1:31:36 PM PDT
by
surrey
To: Slyfox
How much you wanna bet that is a man in a gorilla suit......I’ll bet you! That’s LASSIE in a gorilla suit. Or Michelle.
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03/20/2018 1:31:53 PM PDT
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Safetgiver
(Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: BenLurkin
Looks like a defensive lineman in the NFL
Primate Lives Matter.
To: dsrtsage
He is now qualified to run for president under the dem ticket
Dont be silly. He is only 27.
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03/20/2018 1:38:55 PM PDT
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EQAndyBuzz
(What is a Blue City? First world cities run by third world politicians.)
To: txnativegop
Oh yay...a gorilla with OCD...
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03/20/2018 1:42:41 PM PDT
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Adder
(Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
To: BenLurkin
Queue up the Hood Rat jokes.... 3....2....1....
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03/20/2018 1:45:29 PM PDT
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Howie66
("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
To: BenLurkin
Harambe Approves!
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03/20/2018 1:49:22 PM PDT
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Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Adder
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03/20/2018 1:54:34 PM PDT
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txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:55:37 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
Just wow! I mean, you got the first mainstream gorilla who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking gorilla. I mean, that's a storybook, man.
To: BenLurkin
One step closer to:
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posted on
03/20/2018 2:38:05 PM PDT
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Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Popman
You might want to reduce that guess. Once scientist have fabricated AI robots with human features and human-like interaction intelligence, they will turn their attention to fiddling with DNA and alter the natural progression of chosen animals ... for whatever reasons. They are already fiddling with Chromosomes ...
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03/20/2018 2:40:51 PM PDT
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MHGinTN
(A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
To: BenLurkin
Were his father and Maxine ever seen in the same place?
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03/20/2018 2:50:43 PM PDT
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Oscar in Batangas
(12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
To: BenLurkin
The guests are happy.
They LOVE to watch him strut!
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03/20/2018 3:08:34 PM PDT
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left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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