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Grojlach 07-23-2004 05:17 AM

Check out the link at the bottom for a picture of this particular monkey. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Monkey starts walking like a human

A monkey at an Israeli zoo started walking like a human after recovering from a serious illness.
Natasha, a five-year-old macaque at the Safari Park, near Tel Aviv, now walks exlcusively on her hind legs.
She almost died of a severe stomach flu but suddenly stabilised and was released from the zoo's clinic.
Workers at the zoo say that's when she started walking upright exclusively, reports CBC News.
Monkeys usually alternate between upright walking and moving on all fours.
A zoo veterinarian says he's not sure why she has altered her behaviour but says the illness could have caused brain damage.
Other than walking upright, the vet says Natasha's behaviour has returned to normal.

Source: Ananova

The Hierophant 07-23-2004 05:37 AM

*starts timing how long it takes for someone to photoshop G.W. Bush's face onto that pic* ;)

JrKASperov 07-23-2004 05:54 AM

Wow, that... posture looks scaringly human! [img]graemlins/jawdrop.gif[/img]

The Fallen One 07-23-2004 07:04 AM

lol, i saw it on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5479501/ and i was wondering if i should post it on IW or not lol [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Bozos of Bones 07-23-2004 07:55 AM

'Human's are the result of a disease!'
I can already see the headlines [img]smile.gif[/img]

Stormymystic 07-23-2004 08:55 AM

rofl...yeah I saw something simular about a chimp that walks like a human, and there had been exstinsive studies on him. but he was born that way...to start walking like that after a disease if very strange

Aerich 07-23-2004 11:46 AM

Hey, everybody knows already that bipedal beings are brain-damaged... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Lauren 07-23-2004 07:37 PM

Very interesting, but maybe she's walking upright because her/his stomach hurts a bit.


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