Monkey walks upright... like a human

[GrahamB]

Evolution, live?

A 5 year-old monkey in a zoo in Jerusalem has astonished keepers by walking upright.

[Dmitri]

Poor thing probably has a brain tumor or something...

[cloudz]

monkey see, monkey do ?

[Dmitri]

Doubt it... if that were the case, we would have seen a lot of this behavior in zoos everywhere. But it seems to be a rare/single case. I would say it's brain/spine problem.

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[Chris Fleming]

Thought they did that all the time. Not "astonished". Reminds me of a story I heard a while back about a guy who trained a monkey to wear clothes, sit upright and eat at the dinner table. Sure it lasted for a while but sooner or later these little guys went back to throwing their own feces. Only a human is a human.

[Alexander]

I'm not quite sure why this is astonishing... I always thought monkeys (common in chimps) could walk bipedally, however, they don't have knee caps and can't lock their knees so it's uncomfortable to stand for long periods of time..

Then again, she does run bipedally -- that was weird, I admit it.

[Alexander]

Thought they did that all the time. Not "astonished". Reminds me of a story I heard a while back about a guy who trained a monkey to wear clothes, sit upright and eat at the dinner table. Sure it lasted for a while but sooner or later these little guys went back to throwing their own feces. Only a human is a human.

Jynx, you owe me a coke!

[Chris Fleming]

Thought they did that all the time. Not "astonished". Reminds me of a story I heard a while back about a guy who trained a monkey to wear clothes, sit upright and eat at the dinner table. Sure it lasted for a while but sooner or later these little guys went back to throwing their own feces. Only a human is a human.

Jynx, you owe me a coke!

[GrahamB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVV_HXtEbLo

DAmn! This shit is spreading. Should we be worried?

[BillyK]

I'm not quite sure why this is astonishing... I always thought monkeys (common in chimps) could walk bipedally, however, they don't have knee caps and can't lock their knees so it's uncomfortable to stand for long periods of time..

Then again, she does run bipedally -- that was weird, I admit it.

a chimp is an ape, though, not a monkey.

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[Steve James]

Well, it's not at all unusual that animals stand on two legs. Squirrels to bears, and even giraffes do it. Humans are different because they don't walk on all fours --unless they're toddlers or injured.

[Methods]

Kill It - FAST

before it teaches the others...

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