Chimp Talk 01

[thegettingby]

I have a question. If apes can't talk, how about writing?

[HelenKellersArmy]

Open hurry! Thanks for sharing.

[stiffyf135]

Thanks for uploading.

I'm off to teach my dog, Mr. Bojangles, to say "chicken nuggets" now. He loves nuggets more than anything else in the whole galaxy.

[MzLoathsome]

omg!! how CUTE is tht lil monkey aw!

[prettyinpink14]

monkey see monkey do?! to bad chimps arent monkeys (:

[3Gyro]

"What we're interested in is not whether it fitted some abstract theory of linguistics, but, whether the chimpanzees could actually communicate information to us things that we didn't already know."

Fuck yeah, empiricism!

[TheMrSlappykins]

life is exactly like computers. the chimps are like current but incompatible software (they kind of understand us but not really), we need to keep evolving better life to keep competing. a better human would still be our offspring, and i would die to see my superior-in-every-way-super-hu­man child succeed me no matter what, even if it was no longer human.

[Tclay43]

ok, just please dont raise the chimpanzee in completely human environment or else we will have another example of lucy and i cant give off anymore tears

i love the idea of humans and chimps talking

[QuantumProphet]

@Tclay43 Then go for a joy ride and try to communicate with your local law enforcement agent....odds are against you that he will not like positive inforcement ^^

[marcdow]

washoe was actually able to make up her own sentences that were never taught in any order. for example "you me go hide" for hide and seek

[relaxin001]

At about 2 mins in the clip the chimp decided to have M&M's brought to her, after being asked by the trainer(over the phone) what she would like to eat.

Seemed to me like she decided to have M&M's out of a number of different options on that board.

[conman2317]

It has been very well made clear that you can only teach the chimps to mimic patterns and behavior, there sociability is far different then ours. These videos are nothing but someone teaching a monkey to mimic behavior without consciously making decisions.

[Barbaste]

You are mimicking arguments from other people! Monkey see monkey do! Anthropocentric arguments, nothing more. As J. Huxley said, thank you God, you have delivered them into my hands!

BTW: It's than, not then and their not there.

[QuantumProphet]

@Barbaste LOL. ;) you pawned that guy

[lemoneeshortcake]

uh hello, get the lighter out of my pocket. Chimp

(not monkey) gets lighter out of pocket. thats not mimicing, thats understanding, ptosessing and replying.

[360keving]

@conman2317 not true there is a test with a black box look it up and you wil understand

[SuperCeol]

@conman2317 how do you think a young child learns? from imitation.

[RadHotChiliPepper]

stunning

[jmthuga]

no way!

[Baddboy187]

three words. OH MY GOD!!! this is the most amazing video have ever seen. that baby ape was also the cutest thing ever

[UKILLAh541]

@Baddboy187  thats 23 words.....

[girlscott411]

Amazing!