The Last Angry Monkey
From the Columbia Daily Tribune (click for full story)
Keo, a 47-year-old male chimpanzee at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, paced the floor of his living quarters one afternoon, clearly annoyed with his keepers. In his rolling gait, he would stride up to a glass wall, stop and glare at the humans on the other side. He was supposed to have been at work on his computer at 1:30 p.m., but it was now 1:40, and the door to a small adjoining room with the computer was locked so that he couldn't enter. The chimp's annoyance at being delayed suggests he is keenly
aware of time, even though he can't read a clock, said Steve Ross, the zoo's supervisor of behavioural and cognitive research.
What work does the monkey do on his computer? I don't really know. Why does he have more civilised working hours than me? No idea. But I can totally respect that he gets pissed off when he's ready to work and some human is screwing up his schedule. He's probably stuck waiting for some scientist to finish his coffee and donut. If monkeys can be on time, why not humans?
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How do we know the chimp was angry about not being able to start work? Maybe he sent his laptop in for repair and some asshole can't give him a straight answer about when it will be fixed. Maybe some chick quit returning his calls for no good reason what so ever (except that she's a jerk). Maybe some dick head stole his ladder (and then quit returning his calls). Furthermore, maybe he's sick of being locked up in a fucking zoo! I've been to the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago and it pissed me off.
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