Monkey creates 6-word 'language' | DiscoverNews:

[Panich52]

Translation of monkey speak reveals that at least some of our fellow primates communicate a lot about leopards, birds of prey and falling tree branches.

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[tblue37]

1. KnR. nt

[uppityperson]

2. kreegah bundolo!

Very cool

[DavidDvorkin]

8. When I was a lad, reading Tarzan novels,

I thought that language was real and Burroughs knew what he was talking about.

[uppityperson]

9. I am glad someone got the reference. I loved those books.

[DavidDvorkin]

10. I was living in South Africa

So I thought it might actually come in handy. You never know.

[uppityperson]

11. I could never figure out how to swing tree to tree, but did learn the language. I wanted to be

Jane Goodall. You never know

[DavidDvorkin]

12. And then there was the distinction between the upper terraces

and the middle terraces. It was all very complicated.

[uppityperson]

13. Were they gorillas, back when people thought they were dangerous, or chimps?

Lowland gorillas made more sense, before more exposure showed them to not be aggressive. It was an amazing story, very possible to many kids.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. In my imagination, they looked like gorillas

But I thought they were a different, special kind of creature, known to Tarzan and Burroughs but not to the rest of the world They were the Mangani!

[-none]

3. It used to be man was thought to be the only tool using animal.

Now we are not the only animal with a learned, spoken language.
Just wait till some other animal discovers fire and start cooking.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. You would think that the word for something that is falling would be quicker and

more immediate than "Boom-boom-krak-oo"

And these monkeys must have watched some CNN back during the Bush years. If "wak", means it hasn't been confirmed yet, the meaning of "wak-o" must have been inspired by watching a war that was started by a president who didn't wait for proper confirmation.

[corkhead]

5. was "strategery" one of them?

[Silent3]

7. Who put the boom in the boom-boom-krak-oo? n/t