Comments on: 4 Messages a Pantomiming Orangutan Might Be Trying to Convey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/11/4-messages-a-pantomiming-orangutan-might-be-trying-to-convey/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kai http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/11/4-messages-a-pantomiming-orangutan-might-be-trying-to-convey/comment-page-1/#comment-243905 Kai Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:13:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=18836#comment-243905 Less than one case per year. What are the odds of these things happening by chance? The odds are that they just happen when humans interact with animals that simply behave the way they do. Not to mention the fact that the researchers interferred with the situation. This makes it hard to conclude anything from this study with certainty. Less than one case per year. What are the odds of these things happening by chance? The odds are that they just happen when humans interact with animals that simply behave the way they do. Not to mention the fact that the researchers interferred with the situation. This makes it hard to conclude anything from this study with certainty.

]]> By: Glenn http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/11/4-messages-a-pantomiming-orangutan-might-be-trying-to-convey/comment-page-1/#comment-240579 Glenn Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:57:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=18836#comment-240579 “It is based on imitation, recreating behaviours you have seen somewhere else, which can be considered complex and beyond the grasp of most non-human species" Definition of "aping":: . n. Aping.] To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or “It is based on imitation, recreating behaviours you have seen somewhere else, which can be considered complex and beyond the grasp of most non-human species”
Definition of “aping”:: .
n. Aping.] To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or

]]> By: nick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/11/4-messages-a-pantomiming-orangutan-might-be-trying-to-convey/comment-page-1/#comment-240578 nick Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:46:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=18836#comment-240578 Our ignorance and arrogance towards the intelligence of other sentient species is a holdover from the religious dominance of the past however many thousands of years of human existence where we assumed we were the chosen ones of god because we dominated the landscape, and that all others were created to be subservient to us and provide us with sustenance. I'm glad to see that false dichotomy being shattered left and right. Our ignorance and arrogance towards the intelligence of other sentient species is a holdover from the religious dominance of the past however many thousands of years of human existence where we assumed we were the chosen ones of god because we dominated the landscape, and that all others were created to be subservient to us and provide us with sustenance.

I’m glad to see that false dichotomy being shattered left and right.

]]> By: Rhacodactylus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/11/4-messages-a-pantomiming-orangutan-might-be-trying-to-convey/comment-page-1/#comment-240572 Rhacodactylus Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:16:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=18836#comment-240572 The expression sort of reminds me of old school Calvin and Hobbes The expression sort of reminds me of old school Calvin and Hobbes

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