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Chimps Found Making Own Weapons to Hunt for Food
Pojut writes "The Washington Post has an article involving chimps and weapons. Apparently, there have been direct observations of chimps in the west African savannah modifying sticks to create spears. They then use these spears to kill small mammals and eat them. It is the first time that an animal other than a human has been directly observed in crafting a weapon for the purpose of hunting or killing."
The next stage of evolution won't be long now.
In a few years scientists will discover the monkeys have learnt how to lash these sticks together to make chairs.
Throwing these at their prey is more effective because it fucking kills them.
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We need to nip this in the bud, before they learn to ride horses, shoot guns, speak english and hunt humans for sport. But if they do, I for one welcome our new simian overlords, and I wish to remind you that as a programmer, I am fatty and full of cholesterol.
The force that blew the Big Bang continues to accelerate.
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That's nothing. They've already learned how to get into houses... White houses seem especially vulnerable.
What if they start killing endangered animals?
I don't care what the UN says. Those weapons could be dangerous. If we got Hitler when he was at this stage, imagine how many people we'd have saved.
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By any chance, was a mysterious 1x4x9 slab of black stone found in the near vicinity, as well?
Tell me something...it's still "We, the people"... right?
We need to nip this in the bud, before they learn to ride horses, shoot guns
Too late
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people
Black Monolith.
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clearcutting of rainforest in Brazil to raise cattle
software patents
the patriot act
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If you know to whom my sig is attributed, then you probably know how I think all this is going to end.
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You raise an interesting and controversial question. According to an unofficial source on the research team, one of the research assistants allowed several of the chimps to use his PSP and play GTA: Liberty City Stories. Soon after, those same chimps were observed stabbing the bush babies. The source went on to say that the connection is being kept hush-hush as several people on the team are avid gamers and don't want to lend ammunition to the Lieberman argument that violent video games inspire violent behavior. Needless to say, they are very worried about what will happen if the chimps encounter any Senegali automobiles and/or hookers.
We want some answers and all that we get
Some kind of shit about a terrorist threat
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Now that there's reliable intelligence indicating that the chimps in Senegal are building weapons, an US led invasion should not be far.
You take the anvil, go on top of a very tall cliff, and drop it on your prey. Works also with grand pianos and safes in place of the anvils.
Be aware however that it's not foolproof. If you're standing on a ledge and you let go of the anvil, you may find it's you and the ledge that drops, not the anvil. There's also the risk that you'll miss the roadrunner, and the anvil will instead bounce back up, higher than when you dropped it, and fall on your head. You will then be pushed through the ledge and plummet to the ground. The anvil will then fall on you. As will the ledge.
That's my guess.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.