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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Breaking News From The Animal Kingdom

posted by on March 14 at 16:49 PM

Apes can be mean; apes can be kind:

In an incident that is both heart-stopping and heartwarming, a pregnant bonobo at the San Diego Zoo bit off the tip of her keeper’s index finger Tuesday. But another bonobo rescued the severed tip from her habitat mate and returned it to keepers so it could be re-attached…“I guess my fingers got too close to her mouth,” said Mike Bates, the injured senior keeper of the bonobos, a veteran of more than 22 years with the zoo.

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The second ape realized the simple fact: in order for apes in captivity to eat, their keeper must have a hand with which to feed them.

Posted by Morgan | March 14, 2007 11:34 PM
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There are so many analogies and ironies, I shall not elaborate.

Posted by ... | March 14, 2007 11:36 PM
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I've been saying it for years: you can't trust a monkey (or ape or whatever)!

Posted by gillsans | March 15, 2007 8:13 AM
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1. those preg. hormones make a girl nut-ty!

2. go into any schoolyard in the nation, encounter the same basic diversity of behavior.

Posted by ellarosa | March 15, 2007 12:38 PM
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