Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for April 16, 2015
April 10, 2015
April 17, 2015
Transcript:
Enjoy this Classic tom the dancing bug Vintage 1995 Monkey Business chapter 2 In which Charley the australopithecine ( a prehistoric ape species that evolved into humanity) learns his captor's plans to use him in scientific research. charley: hey doc! what kind of experiment do you have me pegged for? Doc: If you must know Im researching head injuries. Charley: Sounds painful! why did you go through so much trouble to get me?! Doc: Look, I originally paid top dollar to buy this chimp from a primate language study, where he was being taught sign language. Chimps make good subjects because they're so closely related to humans, sharing 98.5% of our genes! monkey: banana doc; but when I found you -- a species from which humans directly descended and over 995 related -- I knew what science demanded of me! monkey: bashing my head in! Doc: knowledge is not without costs! charley: why don't you use human for the experiments then? Doc: Ignorant ape! humans have intelligence and therefore have rights! charley: I have some intelligence! why don't you use the chimp?! He's close enough to humans but doesn't deserve rights because he's much stupider! monkey: you toilet face Charley; See? thats his idea of a witty response! Next escape from the planet of the naked apes!
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Alabama Al about 9 years ago
I’m fairly confident that from the chimp’s viewpoint, the response was not meant as witty, but a statement of fact.
steverinoCT about 9 years ago
If relative stupidity was the criteria, how many of us would qualify? After all, replace the chimp in this scenario with a human, and many would respond with a much simpler, less-nuanced gesture.
kapock about 9 years ago
The star-squid running the experiment on all three of them is getting plenty of data on the lack of empathy and morality common to all the higher primates.