Posts Tagged → monkey
October 12th, 2009
Monkeys are freaked out by simu-monkeys
Monkeys are freaked out by almost-but-not-quite-real depictions of themselves. That tendency is well documented in humans, but has never before been seen in another species.
To test their preference, researchers showed macaque monkeys real pictures, digital caricatures and realistic reconstructions of other monkey faces. To the latter, the macaques repeatedly averted their eyes.
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September 11th, 2009
Magic for a Monkey
Japanese (of course) magician performs tricks for a stunned and confused monkey that is all “whoah, wait, wtf?? how did you DO that??” and then is all “aaaaaah, idk, ur so fkkn crazy” and gives people hugs.
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June 6th, 2009
Monkeys know stuff
Tools
Cooperation & Fairness
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