Study: If it's unfair, chimps will forgive a friend

[madinmaryland]

But animal doesn't like it if a stranger gets the bigger piece.

Can you say Tenet, Rumsfeld, et al.

:evilgrin:

LONDON (Reuters) -- Chimpanzees have a sense of fair play but how much they will tolerate depends on who they are dealing with, according to scientists.

They will put up with being short-changed if they are friends or family of the animal getting the better deal, but won't allow any monkey business if it's a stranger.

"We found variation in the response of the chimpanzees that was based on the social group they were in," said Sarah Brosnan, a researcher at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/01/27/chimp.fairness.reut/index.html

[montana_hazeleyes]

1. Well,

Our chimp** doesn't have a sense of fair play at all.