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Study Shows Monkeys Like Watching TV

Posted by samzenpus on from the jungle-news-network dept.

According to a Japanese study, monkeys are not immune to the siren call of the idiot box. It seems rhesus monkeys enjoy watching videos of circus animals. From the article: "The study found that when the monkey was witnessing the acrobatic performances of circus animals on a television screen, the frontal lobe area of its brain became vigorously active. The activity in such an area was significant in reflecting the monkey's pleasure, as the human equivalent is a neurological area associated with triggering delight in a baby when it sees the smile of its mother."

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  1. And right now by dread · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hundreds of millions of monkeys are watching other monkeys chasing a ball on TV. And deriving pleasure from it presumably.

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    1. Re:And right now by lgw · · Score: 4, Funny

      Surely the monkey demographic explains the success of Reality TV. Perhaps it seems like science fiction to its biggest audience?

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  2. Well duh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you seen what's on TV these days?

  3. Duh by elrous0 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I bet they'll like Michael Bay movies too.

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  4. Re:RACIST! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Your attempt at humor needs work. A lot of work.

  5. If an infinite number of monkeys by macbeth66 · · Score: 2, Funny

    film everything they see, will one of them eventually create "Planet of the Apes"?

    Just asking...

    1. Re:If an infinite number of monkeys by RevWaldo · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, since they're monkeys, probably something like this instead

      Lancelot Link - Secret Chimp!

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    2. Re:If an infinite number of monkeys by Samah · · Score: 2, Funny

      film everything they see, will one of them eventually create "Planet of the Apes"?

      I'd have thought something more along the lines of "Planet of the Humans". :)

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  6. Alternate description: by Desiderius · · Score: 5, Funny

    Study Shows Scientists Like Watching Monkeys Watching TV

  7. Roger Waters knew all along... by altek · · Score: 2, Funny

    Amused to Death: http://jacket.subtonic.jp/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/amused-to-death.jpg

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  8. Re:wiu+wo+eo~1329pidw+o by inamorty · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's from Finnegans Wake.