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Category: Primatology • Synaptic Misfires
Posted on: August 19, 2008 8:18 AM, by Evil Monkey
Lots of attention has been paid to the capacity of great apes to use objects as tools. Well, here we have an example of a chimpanzee at the Honolulu Zoo using a toad as a "marital aide". I feel bad for the poor toad, it certainly doesn't deserve to be treated like an object.
There's not more I can say about the subject, frankly I'm still simultaneously trying to process it and scrub it from my brain. Again, not safe for work viewing.
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I loled so hard when I saw this-- the 'related videos' at YouTube are also pure gold.
heeeeeeehehehehe! Where do they get all these toads??
Posted by: ERV | August 19, 2008 9:34 AM
I found this blog on a list of top 100 neuro/psych sites. This is the first post I saw of Neurotopia - perfect maiden voyage. I'm going to go drill a hole in my brain now...
(still a great site though ;)
Posted by: Gabe | August 19, 2008 12:58 PM
"I feel bad for the poor toad, it certainly doesn't deserve to be treated like an object."
That's not fair, we don't know the whole story- he might have taken the toad out for Chinese food and cocktails for all we know.
Posted by: Swiss James | August 21, 2008 3:12 AM
Oh. My. I hope that toad is REALLY good at controlling its gag reflex.
Posted by: scicurious | August 21, 2008 5:46 PM
The kid in the background sounds really distressed.
Posted by: Mo | August 24, 2008 5:54 PM
But the kid watching the chimp and the frog finds it very amusing!
Posted by: Mo | August 24, 2008 5:58 PM
This is the first time I've ever felt sympathetic to my grandfather's assertion that you shouldn't go outside your own class for these things.
Posted by: chris y | September 9, 2008 9:45 AM