Baboons can recognise four-letter words on a computer screen, according to scientists in France.
Researchers found the monkeys could tell the difference between actual words and nonsense letter combinations.
After being trained, the baboons were able to make this distinction, despite not being capable of reading.
Continue reading Yes, please, let us *not* teach baboons English.
Speaking of Iowahawk, he is why I may now salute Jeff Bobo of Timesnews.net, who has brightened my day by writing the perfect intro to a news article.
The Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office is well trained and experienced in a variety of meth lab scenarios, but they entered uncharted waters Friday afternoon with the added element of four live monkeys.
Tell me that you don’t want to read the whole thing, now. Go ahead. Make me believe you.
Moe Lane
PS: No, you probably shouldn’t have hoped for more monkey-related carnage. First, because that’s not very nice; second… dude. You expect a lot from monkey minions mentored by a man who makes meth.
