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Post by MJB on Jan 25, 2023 9:11:16 GMT
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Post by squeamishossifrage on Jan 25, 2023 9:42:02 GMT
That's really going to upset Bishop Wilberforce! (not your wife - the other bit)
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Post by Kath on Jan 25, 2023 11:46:10 GMT
Can't remember the last time I gestured for anyone to climb on my back but I'm quite sure it didn't involve showing the soles of my feet.
It does make me wonder how we can understand/recognise and even use the same gestures as apes but nobody can agree on the correct term for a breadroll.
(Barm/bap/roll/cake...take your pick.)
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Post by spinno on Jan 25, 2023 12:58:37 GMT
I think the animals understand us perfectly well and avoid us as best they can. The two exceptions are of course dogs who seem to think having a tickle is what they were put on this earth for and cats who just rule.
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Post by willien on Jan 25, 2023 13:21:42 GMT
I think the animals understand us perfectly well and avoid us as best they can. The two exceptions are of course dogs who seem to think having a tickle is what they were put on this earth for and cats who just rule. I believe you forgot about Midges. |
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Post by eightbittony on Jan 27, 2023 18:32:37 GMT
I don't recall ever having to use the tree shaking trick though.
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Post by John Farrell on Jan 27, 2023 18:44:08 GMT
All I have to say about this is Oook ook ook ook.
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Post by willien on Jan 27, 2023 18:50:34 GMT
All I have to say about this is Oook ook ook ook. No call for language like that old chap! |
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Post by JohnY on Feb 2, 2023 20:32:23 GMT
We are apes. No doubt about it. The family tree is well understood. Our distant cousins many times removed may not been au fait with quantum physics and string theory, but neither am I. I am an ape and so is everyone else human on this planet. Having a few Neanderthal genes does not let us off. Neanderthals are also apes. (tense deliberate) Neanderthals have often been dismissed. They did not disappear. Their genes live on in much of the developed world. Less so in the undeveloped world. Make what you want of that. I blame Neanderthal genes in the developed world for the industrial revolution and global warming.
Total pollacks of course. Prove me wrong.
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Post by spinno on Feb 8, 2023 9:40:17 GMT
Just don't say no to a gorilla, chimp or orang-utan...
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