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The Chimp Has Better Memory Than Most Human Chumps

Posted February 10, 2012 1:31 PM

From Gizmodo:

The BBC has a new program called Super Smart Animals. In their first episode they showed Ayumu, a chimpanzee that can memorize the location of a random sequence of numbers in less time than it takes a human to blink: sixty milliseconds.

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02/10/2012 2:26 PM

90% of the American population cannot name the three branches of Government. So this comparison only hurts the Chimps image.

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02/11/2012 8:42 AM

Sure we can! They are the liars branch, the cheaters branch, and the theives branch and not one of them has any member that is anywhere close to the intelligence of any chimp.

Now for poo flinging abilities the chimp wouldn't stand a chance in a battle with anyone in those groups.

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Actually it's closer to 50%...

Take the test...

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What ? No picture ? Will the real SE please respond ! LOL

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02/11/2012 1:29 AM

Get them addicted to TV and videos; then we poor humanoids can catch up again.

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