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New Great Ape Discovered?
DrLudicrous writes "CNN is running a story about sightings of an ape in central Africa that doesn't seem to fit the description of known apes. Pictures of the animal are rare, but it seems slightly taller than most gorillas, with a flatter face. One woman even reported seeing it walk upright on two legs. It has been hypothesized that the ape might be a new species, a subspecies, or perhaps a hybrid between two other species."
This is another picture of the great ape in its natural habitat
There is no god
I wondered why CowboyNeal hasn't been showing up in the polls...he's been out camping!
Let me say that I like CN and think he should be in all the polls. This post is intended to be good natured and not mean spririted.
From the article:
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Williams and the trackers used some clever tricks to lure the mystery apes.
Pictures of the 'mystery ape' are rare because the animals are skittish and aggressive. Here a researcher captured an image from afar of one of the animals with her offspring.
"One of my trackers made the sound of a duiker, a small antelope, as if it were in pain," said Williams. Four or five of the mystery primates fell for the ruse and came running to kill it.
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I'd classify that as a stupid trick. Come on, sounding like something the animals want to kill doesn't seem clever at all methinks
RMS is trekking in Africa.
Use ISO 8601 dates [YYYY-MM-DD]
Has the good the good Dr. Jane Goodall been doing down there with all her research? Do not let the insanity continue good Doctor, leave the apes alone!
Here's a list of pictures of this ape compared to other species. The new ape is the one on the left.
they found the early ancestor of the linux programmer
I for one welcome our new ape masters.
BOO! TERRO
George Bush has been switched with an ape by a mistake during his recent trip to Africa explained the State Department today. They have all been wondering for some time why the president shaves every six hours.
The "real president" was discovered by a CIA expedition which was able to locate the president by using an ultra-sensiteve sound recorder to match the sounds in the jungle with his distinctive sounds "terrorist, daddy, oil"
Of course they hoot when the moon rises and sets - dont YOU?? I know I do!! ALL of us great apes hoot at any given stimulus - I even hoot when the ads start during will and grace!
I just do not get why the science community is so surprised...
Do not the Bigfoot and Abominable Snowman Clans need time off for vacation from time to time.
Mpeg video evidence of the of the ape has been floating around the web since the mid 70's.
Shucks, more of these monkeys means more American jobs lost to outsourcing. Heck, even Indian coders can barely compete with this new programming paradigm (I looked up the dictionary before posting).
This can lead to only one thing...a race of super apes to enslave humanity. And I for one welcome our new ape overlords!
Take note how it says "One of my trackers made the sound". It makes no mention of how far away the researcher was. The natural scientific explaination is that the trackers are expendible and easily replaced.
This hypothisis was demonstrated beatifully in the old "Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom" shows when I was a kid. The host would always be standing well out of range of the king cobra while saying "Now watch as my assistant charms the snake using body motions".
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Clearly it's the mythical Mediumfoot known to tramp around the forests of Africa
Just what I was thinking.
Dance monkey boy!
Irene KHAAAAAAN!
The trackers use their great knowledge of animal sounds to secretly negotiate with those animals into letting them (ie trackers) go for the price of a few (expendable) researchers.
Hell is not other people; it is yourself. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
Alright, who's been having sex with gorillas?
Music wants to be free.
"She'll camouflage her skin because the animals have not seen light-skinned humans."
Oh come now, if they have never seen white people, they won't know that, "they come to take your land".
I only look human.
My mother is a halfling and my dad is an ogre, so that makes me an Ogreling
Nah, that's just a Ferengi in the gorilla suit!
zWhat would an EWOULDBLOCK block, if an EWOULDBLOCK could block would? -- me
Am I the only one who sees this as a possiblity as another candidate for California Governor?
but I hear it is running for governor of California.
(There is no truth to the rumour that Marlin Perkins was found poked to death.)
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
1. Find new ape species
2. Play stupid tricks
3. ???
4. Get Darwin award
jesus christ. all right, I'm not one to flame spelling, but you are the laziest typer I've ever seen.
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It has been hypothesized that the ape might be a new species, a subspecies, or perhaps a hybrid between two other species.
:)
About the only thing left out of that list is 'existing species'... if you add that then you can just rewrite:
It has been hypothesized that the ape might be an ape
First thing that got into my head was Homer running covered with mud. Homer Simpsons is the great Ape!
;)
It was in one of the first episodes, everyone must have seen it at least once.