Monkey cooperation and fairness

[DiogoTsantos]

2:51 I just felt in laughs

[Rob02150]

The 2nd example could have easily lead to a face being ripped off.

[Sid1396]

@Rob02150 you're getting mixed up with chimpanzees

[TheBorgettano]

Forever changed my views on nature!

[spamman12123]

Spoiled brat monkey lol

[rockstarrist]

Those monkeys could be trained actors. How the hell am I supposed to know. This video is as likely to be fake as it is real. Hence, there is no credibility.

[jacobg1777]

The white chips are welfare checks! Damn monkeys!

[7mikethebike]

I thought the Vulcan was gonna give the white chip to Virgil and get him to get a grape and pass it back.

[ThellysVieira]

@7mikethebike I thought EXACTLY the same thing

[FireStormBaller]

So cute how they share, aww.

[FireStormBaller]

Fuck man, just give him the grape already, we understand, we're not stupid like you, stupid humans. God.

[ASSHOLELA]

Human gives monkey a chip. Monkey return the chip. Human give monkey a food. Monkey eats the food. Selfish monkey. He should give the food back to human!

[koaterpp190]

Awesome :)

[TheMilwaukeeProtocol]

Nnnnnnn, that second experiment didn't test the kind of fairness I was wondering about. If Virgil eventually decided to give the grape to his friend, that would impress me.

[Kobe24foo]

@TheMilwaukeeProtocol Definitely

[carlsm95]

capuchins in my opinion are the cutest monkeys of all

[BitChronic]

with the narrator I keep imagining top hats on the capuchins

[BakaCookie]

@BitChronic I know what you mean. I actually thought Steven Fry was narrating for a moment. XD

[vivalaminion]

let him have the grape you fucking limey prick!

[bsiffy]

JUST GIVE HIM THE DAMN GRAPE ALREADY!!!!

[monkeyh8r]

@JungleOasis I understand all too well what you're saying. There's something about monkeys.

[jay7920]

just give the monkey a grape you controlling twat!...you are the baboon in this situation.!!! even the monkey thinks this guy is a tit!!!

[DJA7943]

Monkeys are pretty smart...

[IdaMiaDot]

aw :3

[BadVoodo0]

1:10

USE THIS YOU NOOB

[whygothic]

"Wheresss my grape? Where's my grape? What? Say What? Biscuit?!" (please read ala Samuel L Jackson)

[calebgrantier]

i hate when humans refuse to comprimise. its disturbing and pathetic

[ptiftgt]

1:52 I love the way he raised his eyebrows. XD

[HatterMadigan]

Now if we train them to open beers and hand them to human masters, then we are talking progress!

[tehinfidel]

@HatterMadigan Funny you should mention that. There's a restaurant over here, about 2 hours north of Tokyo in a town called Utsunomiya, which has 2 macaque waiters. A search for "monkey waiters" will turn up some news stories of it here on YouTube. Haven't made up there yet, but I plan to go at some point.

[Mikuruification]

@tehinfidel

Magic Johnson isn't doing to well, HIV has really changed his body

[SpazzyMcGee1337]

I'd like to know what kind of experiments they have done before. I'd like to know if this act of sharing is learned or if it is comes naturally to social animals.

[ZorgDK]

Those monkeys can teach us a lot. Now where's my fecking grape!? :D

[hawkister]

OMFG thats sooooooo cute. i wanna be a monkey researcher

[bromar16]

where's my fukin grape!

[nigna92]

2:07



[rraudiogal]

I enjoyed this vid. very informative.

[chmarisco]

He thought about taking all the nuts... I saw his face.

[RedTailedTuna]

I want a nut

[RedTailedTuna]

Does anyone else want grapes after watching this

[knight2battle]

see justice and fairness exist among animals too...

[adonis253]

the monkeys like " oh your going to gimme a damn grape"

[Samoutuomas]

Sooo cute... smart lil' fellas :)

[TheSlevinCalevra]

*see's biscuit* GTFO WITH THAT SHIT!

[Supperoranges]

that is so fucking cool!

[Trund27]

Monkeys RULE!

[casperatemycandy19]

3:27 NO BITCH I DONT WANT THE FUCKING BISCUIT

[snozzletheadorable]

3:40 fuck this shit, I want a grape!

[prestonhalle]

What did the albino one get?

[Alphonsothe28th]

22 people got dry biscuits.

[lavamatstudios]

Red gets 20 science collaboration points!

[MOSES199]

I first though after the monkey cracked the lid, he was gonna be like "HAHA thug life my nigga, peace out!" lol

[BadVoodo0]

Watching this gives me a thrill

This must be how GLaDOS feels when shes testing on humans

[thegreatconundrum]

damn you ted

damn you

[carebearnmbr46]

Aww, poor little guy just wanted some grapes too!

[TheStaticage01]

If I were Vulcan...I'd be kickin that no good Ted's ass!

[TofuDeliverer]

3:27

Wheres my grape bitch?

*trys again*

I SAID WHERES MY GRAPE?!

*trys again*

SON OF A BITCH

*takes biscuit and throws it at him*

[2BitterFucks]

oh god those monkeys are so adorable

[junkintrunk55]

Look up "Disable monkey" see how that little one suffered with only a part of one hand left. I noticed in the background that the others were chewed up pretty bad too. See how monkeys really act in the wild. The other video worth watching is "A fatal attack on an unweaned infant by a non-resident male in a free-ranging group of Japanese mac" The baby died 2 days later. Monkeys are wild animals, not cute fuzzy pets.

[2BitterFucks]

@junkintrunk55 i dont htink you understand what they are doing here...they arent proving they're pets...

[junkintrunk55]

@2BitterFucks I fully understand what this video is. What you perhaps do not make a connection to is, The people on here saying "It's so adorable", "I am getting one" etc. When people see how a real monkey acts, they have little desire to have 1 as a pet. I never said you were claiming monkeys are good pets, but that what people come away with. Then when "pet" monkey goes thru puberty, and hurts or kills a child, then the monkey get beat to death, just doing what his instincts tell him to do.

[MadeInBosina]

@junkintrunk55 Thank you mister sunshine .. :D Always looking at the bright side of life ...

[junkintrunk55]

@MadeInBosina I'd rather see a monkey in the wild instead of a cage. I worked in India with a guy that when his little girl got bit by a monkey, he beat it senseless, took it home, put it in a small cage and hung it over a fire. It took about 20 minutes of that screeching for it to die. When the kid get bit, and they ALWAYS will, it's the wild animal that is made to suffer because the humans are stupid,

[MadeInBosina]

@junkintrunk55 I got bit by my dog when I was child and my dad did not put him in a cage and burned him to death ... Idiots cant have pets , they have themselves to look after , but normal people can ...

[junkintrunk55]

@MadeInBosina It was a wild monkey, not a pet. These things in a city will try to steal whatever they can. If a child puts up resistance, it gets bit. In India, these things are like rats. My cousin gave 1 a water bottle with dry ice in it. It took it up in a tree and when it went off, we had rhesus pieces all over. I never knew those things were that powerful or loud. Another near it jumped and fell 30M, splat! Read your profile troll, I just don't understand "people" like you.

[MadeInBosina]

@junkintrunk55 I am sorry , did you just said "read your profile troll " ? I wrote my profile you stupid fuck, I know what it says .. For your other brilliant arguments , if a child puts up resistance to a lion , it gets KILLED, but people still can have lions for pets if they know what are they doing .. And why are you saying in one comment that you want monkeys to live free lives out of cages and in the other one you compare them to filthy rats ?? What the fuck are you trying to say ?

[junkintrunk55]

@MadeInBosina Awww did the little troll get mad? Good. I don't give a rats ass if you ever figure anything out. But it does make me laugh, thanks for that, dumbass

[MadeInBosina]

@junkintrunk55 Well , ok .. I am glad you I made you laugh

[freshpinescents]

aw...that little monkey trying to pry open the guy' hand was just so cute!

[molewizard]

Which was the dominant monkey in this situation?

I imagine that has more to do with it than just "a sense of fair play"

[aBarkingCow]

@molewizard true but that's why they did the second experiment with the grapes. I think they have a sense of fairness at least a very basic sense. Morality without religion cool huh :s

[molewizard]

@aBarkingCow Ah, but in the second situation, the volunteer providing the grapes becomes the dominant one, thus they both become subservient. Notice how he almost goes for Virgil after he's given a biscuit for the second time. My guess is Vulcan is dominant, but it does illustrate they have restraint when it comes to stealing food.

In the first experiment, Virgil may have split the nuts fairly to avoid a reprimand after they were free.

But it still shows a level of morality, either way.

[molewizard]

@aBarkingCow Another reason I think Vulcan is dominant is that Virgil actually gives away more nuts than he keeps. There's only, really, one explanation for that, from an evolutionary point of view. I'd rather they repeated the test, but swapped the monkeys around to give Vulcan power over nut distribution.

[junho8611]

Monkey Business :D

[mio68df]

awesome :)

[CadmiumRainbow]

Biscuit! Thats not fair! XD

[julieification]

Aw....so cute!

[n8glenn]

Finally! After centuries of science, humans are on the verge of gaining intellectual parity with the capuchin monkey.

[xxSyphenxx]

3:36 *slams chip on the floor* STOP THIS HORSESHIT AND GIVE ME MY ****ING GRAPE!!

[SH0CK3I2]

lol at 3:12 "I dun told you, I want grapes bitch"

[meohminecraft]

Yaaaay, he finally got a grape <3 lol

[MeenyMcSweeny]

I SOOOO see a cartoon in this

[CO2Junkie]

OK. I'm sorry but I have to...

Great - monkeys can work out this simple principle but Republicans cannot :p

[kcaz94]

@CO2Junkie that is racist

[CO2Junkie]

@kcaz94 - Hehehe - Yeah except that 'Republican' isn't a race :p

[777annie777]

@CO2Junkie ya...and the democrats are the ones that want to spend all this money to fund research like whether or not a monkey can find a grape.

[CO2Junkie]

@777annie777 - Yeah and for fruit fly research in France too - right? And for silly things like avoiding a tragedy of the commons of the West Coast fisheries... for realz. They need to stop that. All we really need are more bombs & more police :D

[Trund27]

@777annie777 The more we learn about animals the more insight we get about how we came to be human. It's vital research. It expands understanding of the world and the complexities of life

[Trund27]

@CO2Junkie Awesome!

[computasaysnoo7]

@CO2Junkie How is making a blanket statement about a whole party reflect any kind of fairness on your behalf? Democrats are as stupid as Republicans. These Monkeys would be better politicians.

[CO2Junkie]

@computasaysnoo7 The little :p at the end signifies a playful dig at the other party. But if you want to be serious - completely deadly serious - your comment 'Democrats are as stupid as Republicans' is prejudiced.

Since there is no golden mean you should get to know each politician first. You should tally the past public actions of each. And then you should only pass a necessary amount of judgment while thinking of the good of the whole - not just what's good relative to you. Feel better?

[krunkaintdead69]

@CO2Junkie Humans*

[NorthWeezy2010]

upload more if you can!

[Bouchon211]

2:46 "Get out of here with that shit!"

[ch1ral]

some humans are incapable of this

[MooffinMan]

They should play fucking Portal 2. Better than all the other online co-op partners

[Theprodigy871]

why didn't he just dump it out?

[Mononokenausicaa]

@Theprodigy871 There was paper or cardboard in the hole in the lid, that's why he needed the rock- to break the seal.

[JimiHendrixisGodness]

Aww it's so cute how Vulcan squeaks because he feels slighted @ 1:42

[BigUnitism]

biscuit? .... chimp be thinkin: "the fuck is this?" throws that shit away hands the white chip one more time waiting for a grape lol

[BlckSbthMan]

BISCUIT?!

BAHAHAHA!

[fdm01]

@3:00 "gimme back my fuckin chip if you're gonna be an ass"

[montezoma]

He gave his partner 3 out of 5 nuts. if only humans can learn from that

[SkyesTurnBlack]

@montezoma : most human wouldn't even share ONE nut...

[SpazzyMcGee1337]

@SkyesTurnBlack That's a lie.

[SkyesTurnBlack]

@SpazzyMcGee1337 : illuminati

[SpazzyMcGee1337]

@SkyesTurnBlack What about "illuminati"?

[SkyesTurnBlack]

@SpazzyMcGee1337 : i dunno lol, random moment i guess xDDD

[MrFibertiger]

if this experiment was done with humans, virgil would probably not have shared the nuts.

[MrTarryhoot]

Im stoned, I want some grapes.

[MrTarryhoot]

GIVE HIM THE FUCKING GRAPE, PRICK !

[jamestheshaman420]

At last, a succulent grape XD lol

[cladams91]

we watched this in my psych class today. had to come back and see it again, got a good laugh

[chewbacca1010]

And yet, modern day popular sentiment has us all saying "I got mine and fuck all the rest."

If two humans had been there, they probably would have found a way to kill each other over the fucking nuts.

[nofrig]

This made me really want some grapes. 

[foxy606]

give him a fuckin grape already!!

[dragondor712]

3 nuts : that was just incredible 0.0

[deechpedo]

This is amazing, I am going to use it in my biology presentation tomorrow :D

[Jakoby88]

gimme a fuckin grape!!!

[DeathStarLazor]

BISCUT?! Thats not fair! >:O

[Jerbod2]

Nice man!

[amorphousguy]

I love David Attenborough's narrating. The annoying narrator who does the Nat Geo documentaries would have ruined this video.

[starcobra123]

I'm surprised vulcan did'nt just attack him

[G3org3Master]

sharing is good for survival of more than one animal. Good for natural selection.

[simmo19801]

Now why can't people be like this?

[mamba2468]

"BISCUIT? WTF THATS NOT FAIR "

[Psy0psAgent]

They used Capucins cause a Gorilla would have beat the human senseless and took it all. 

[ramans11]

@Psy0psAgent hahahahahahaha

[SIRWAF]

this is the best video evar

[BusinessButterfly]

this is so funny when he is like Whaaa!!! at 3:31 and he opens his little hand like WHAT!!! Give it to me is not FAIR...

[1996harith]

YO this is the most amazing thing i have ever seen..... FREAKIN AWESOME

[1mcbeck]

GIMME A GRAPE DAMMIT

[Claudeski]

brain and behavior up in this video

[uohecc]

thumbs up if u're here cos of your psychology course =)

[BusinessButterfly]

@uohecc LEFT HAND OF THE MONKEY AT 3:31 lol*

[lrg2k10]

Monkey knew he had a grape in his hand, Shoulda bitten his finger when he knew he was getting ripped off and the guy was trying to stop him getting at the grape!

[LucianUramu]

Oh Vulcan I know your pain, school vending machines are the torment of man!

[pittguy578]

That is hilarious.

[CuexThexViolins]

hahahaha he gave the guy a stank face for not giving him a grape......AWESOME!

[morvorify]

omg planet of the apes is getting nearer

[LeoDeGrand]

I like that these token tasks are teaching monkeys how to use vending machines ;P

[warhero40000]

UN GRATFUL BASTERED!

[Torisutenkun]

lol at 2:07 do they expect the monkeys to solve the Rubik's cube?

[Dylanquinn666]

Man, he really enjoyed that grape! :P

[letteralex]

Got to love 1:10 "use the rock noob!" *Tosses the rock at him.*

[otacon2snake]

@letteralex haha for real huh... best damn grape ever.

[malicrss]

"BISCUIT!? DO YOU EXPECT ME TO EAT THIS FUCKING BISUIT!? WELL FUCK YOU HUMAN!"

[TickleMeJewish]

Aw Virgil is missing a leg poor guy!

[NitroTeapot]

THAT HUMAN GOT ROLLEDD!

[BioNickDick]

@FMTEECO that was kinda fucked up funny

[bigger46]

I AM GETTING A MONKEY :D

[XerkDaniels]

Have they considered the possibility that one monkey gives the other nuts out of sympathy when he sees him reaching for the nuts?

[MrPsykokiller13]

i have been mind fucked with these complicated situations

[bradleyc79]

wow

[schreica]

lol That's just mean! The biscuit monkey should go on strike!

[chaosworshipper]

I love how it throws the biscuit back at the human - "Shove that biscuit up your ass!"

[mapc777]

It's too bad this video didn't include the unhappy monkey getting the happy monkey to get a grape with his token.

[nanodragonpewpew]

I am so gonna own a monkey someday

[hong22]

monkey behind barriers what you expect? its in them

[Ihatemelee]

so amazing

[FMTEECO]

Was I the only one that fucking died laughing at "AT LAST, A SUCCULENT GRAPE?"

[kinkyrauwdauw]

How cute!!

[Npowell01]

4:07

He fucking REVELED in that grape.

Glory at last!

[CMLovejoy]

even monkeys know how to share...this is amazing

[mek4life]

morality without god eh?

[kdc43]

@mek4life God wrote morality in the monkey's genetic code. Humans have free will and sometimes overide the morals written in our genes and conscieces and we get atheist countries like the now defunct Soviet Union, North Korea and China threatening the rest of the world. "Religious" places like Iran and Central American indian high priests cutting out the hearts of their sacrificial victims have perverted their ideas of God and Morality and you get "religious" wars.

[noamees]

@kdc43

My country has only 16% (out of 100%) of "believers" in the population, yet we threaten nobody.. your argument is invalid.

[Gandalfgrey93]

This is awesome productivity

[mrsmudgeyful]

this is probably the best youtube documtary/test ive seen on youtube (: even beats the laughing rats

[RapidEyesCream]

Little Big Planet narrator!