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Wild Gorillas Impress With Their Tools

Posted by Zonk on from the nice-wrench dept.

fatgav writes "The BBC is running an article about wild gorillas being seen to use tools in the wild. It is especially significant as not only have Gorillas never been seen to use tools, but they have been using them in a way unlike other great apes. From the article: 'The most astonishing thing is that we have observed them using tools not for obtaining food, but for postural support.' The scientists are getting excited as it can help to explain questions as to how the most advanced great ape (us) came to evolve."

3 of 276 comments (clear)

  1. This is new? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I noticed that monkeys have been using the computer as a tool since I started reading slashdot posts...

  2. Re:Here's a hint by Opticalsky · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To afraid to post under anything else other then Anonymous? The fact is, it was relevant to the story, even if it was an opinion. That's what slashdot is, opinions.

  3. Great tools by caller9 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I had a huge comment to post replete with political stabbing.

    My point was distilled to this:
    Make environmental damage unprofitable. Take control of the monetary machinery that funds environmental damage and fix it.

    This is much like the belief that human nature is generally good and that the net effect of a communal effort will be good. All lies.

    Survival and greed are the motivators. Use them to your advantage. May your advantage be shared among your peers. I hope that your peers are the majority.