Picturing this story just makes me laugh!
STOCKHOLM – A canny chimpanzee who calmly collected a stash of rocks and then hurled them at zoo visitors in fits of rage has confirmed that apes can plan ahead just like humans, a Swedish study said Monday. Santino the chimpanzee's anti-social behavior stunned both visitors and keepers at the Furuvik Zoo but fascinated researchers because it was so carefully prepared.
According to a report in the journal Current Biology, the 31-year-old alpha male started building his weapons cache in the morning before the zoo opened, collecting rocks and knocking out disks from concrete boulders inside his enclosure. He waited until around midday before he unleashed a "hailstorm" of rocks against visitors, the study said.
...However, he rarely hit visitors because of his poor aim, and no one was seriously injured in the cases when he did, Osvath said.
For the whole story go to: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090309/ap_on_sc/eu_sci_sweden_angry_chimp
Now why is it not so funny when I display such anti-social behavior?
5 comments:
Probably because you're not as hairy...
I always think it's funny, but that's just because you missed SO often. Just like the monkey.
haha. The man in the grocery store also didn't seem so amused when he called Ethan a chimp a few days ago....
oh hey, so no big deal but I found yoru blog
This is a great story! And I am so happy you have a blog! I say good for that chimp. I would want to throw rocks too if people were staring at me all day and I had no privacy. :)
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