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What caliber for new simian overlords?

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Bonobo makes fire from scratch, toasts marsmallows, burns mouth. (There's a video, too.)

Next thing you know they will be smelting metal and manufacturing weapons.

We're doomed! Doomed, I say.

I suppose I ought to get in line to welcome our new simian overlords.

BTW - the first person to make a "Planet of the Apes" (or sequel) reference gets thrown in the monkey pit.

stay safe.

http://www.aol.com/article/2014/04/...rid7|htmlws-main-bb|dl8|sec1_lnk3&pLid=467268

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Bonobo Kanzi Makes Campfires
***EXCLUSIVE*** DES MOINES, IA - NOVEMBER 11: Kanzi, 31, opens his backpack to get the tools needed to make fire on November 11, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa. It was a pivotal moment in history that separated man from other primates. Over a million years ago humankind began to conquer its fear of fire and use it as a tool. But now one special ape - a 31-year-old bonobo chimpanzee called Kanzi at the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa - is showing us just how close we really are. Astonishingly the male chimp's favourite things to do is make campfires. PHOTOGRAPH BY Laurentiu Garofeanu/ Barcroft USA /Barcoft Media via Getty Images


Kanzim a 31-year-old bonobo chimpanzee, is already well known for his remarkable abilities to read symbols and understand novel sentences. Now, he's demonstrating his intelligence by actually building a fire from scratch (well, almost). Once the fire is going, he gently pushes marshmallows onto a stick and chows down on the delicious snack.

"It was a pivotal moment in history that separated man from other primates," Barcroft explains in a photo caption. "Over a million years ago humankind began to conquer its fear of fire and use it as a tool. But now one special ape ... at the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa - is showing us just how close we really are."

The only thing he has yet to master is the whole wait-a-second-before-the-treats-cool-down thing ... but then again, most humans could use a lesson in that, too.[.quote]
 
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