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Post by bushpusher on Aug 23, 2008 1:59:07 GMT -5
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Post by Gerry on Aug 23, 2008 14:31:50 GMT -5
Bad monkey suit!
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vilnoori
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Post by vilnoori on Aug 23, 2008 14:40:47 GMT -5
It's an old video of that chimp that was trained to walk upright. What was his name?
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Post by vilnoori on Aug 23, 2008 14:41:24 GMT -5
Oh yeah, Oliver. Google Oliver chimp and you should find a good write up.
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Post by bushpusher on Aug 24, 2008 6:40:42 GMT -5
Alot of people seem to think it's Oliver but after looking at some other footage from a TV special i just was not totally sold.I guess it's way the primate walks away and it looks alot larger and heavier.
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Post by sebastian on Aug 24, 2008 15:03:08 GMT -5
This clip was taken from a video about Oliver the chimp on another youtube video:
cheers,
seb
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Post by bushpusher on Aug 24, 2008 20:29:40 GMT -5
Ya i guess it's slowed down,maybe for effect.
Thanx for the input,puts that to rest.
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Post by vilnoori on Aug 25, 2008 0:58:53 GMT -5
That was really neat to watch, Seb. I wonder if there are more "Oliver" chimps out there in the central African forests. Given that a new species of chimp was recently discovered (gorilla sized chimps), and that they recently discovered a whole new group of gorillas that had not been known, I think chances are pretty good that this species is out there and has simply not been classified. The fact that Oliver's mitochondrial DNA was so radically different from that of known chimps supports that idea. And I wonder if such a species exists, how similar their bones would be to known hominoids such as "Lucy" types (Australopithecines) and others. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecus |
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