Posted on 04/21/2005 7:45:45 AM PDT by jb6
Researchers at the Iowa Great Ape Trust are putting eight intelligent bonobos in a human-like living situation to study how culture may emerge. From the Associated Press: The bonobos will be able to cook in their own kitchen, tap vending machines for snacks, go for walks in the woods and communicate with researchers through computer touchscreens. The decor in their 18-room home includes an indoor waterfall and climbing areas 30 feet high...
Using a network of cameras and computers, the bonobos can see visitors who ring the doorbell -- and will be able to choose through a computer touchscreen who will be permitted into a secured viewing area.
"Only if they want to open the door can you enter," (experimental psychologist and ape-language expert Dr. Sue) Savage-Rumbaugh said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Hey, I saw the PLANET OF THE APES movies too ---- :-)
For those that did not see the movie, it was about a situation where the liberals took over the United States...
If the apes refuse to let the researchers in through the front door, I'll bet they'll still have plenty of one-way mirrors, key loggers on the computers, and video cams.
Not much privacy where sociologists are concerned.
Why? Waste of money...
Are they going to be able to watch Friends and listen to Howard Stern?
They are just begging to have the stereotypical reality show gay couple.
This networks should be really interested, why? Because the Bonobo's have a very, very interesting sex life. They engage in oral sex, lesbianism, pedophelia, and other such things that the entertainment industry will just love.
HUH! I don't have an 18-room home with a waterfall and climbing apparatus! Where do we sign up for the next round of this study?
The name of the show will either be: "The Post Office," "The DMV," or "The Social Security Office," they have not decided.
Why a special study? You can do that every day over at DU.
My only question is...are these apes potty-trained?
They have their own bank, too? ;)
So, they gave these apes money, and tried to teach them to budget for food, rent, utilities, etc. But you know what they ended up spending all their money for? Sex with the female apes.
Apes. So like us....
Bingo! Give the man a cigar.
That is probably one of the major reasons this show is being put out. Bonobos are highly sexual apes (they are a sub-species of chimpanzees) that have rather interesting sexual habits. For example they use sex to form social order, and they also have lots of same-sex intercourse. Now, if there is a bunch of apes on TV having same sex intercourse then it can easily be used to show that gay sex is 'natural.'
And it might actually work, since most people do not know squat about Bonobos (or that they even exist). Very sneaky. You can be certain that you'll see Lib groups using this as a platform for gay rights.
There have been several instances of Chimps killing and eating baby humans. They also love monkeys.
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