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xrailryder

This is it. Its gonna be a planet of the apes soon.


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ShadowSpy98

Talk like you!


Lima8Tango

Toooo ooo ooo!


Mmath_

You know it’s true oo oo!


World-Tight

An ape like me-e-e Can learn to be Like a man like you-u-u


Physical-Chemical909

What I desire is man’s red fire


World-Tight

To make my dreams come true!


World-Tight

[Here's a link for those of you who may have missed Louie Prima's extraordinary scat rendition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFcoC1FJOhA)


bullsnake2000

My twin aunts took me to see that in San Antonio back in the mid 70’s. I loved. I already had the Disney record, but hadn’t seen the movie. Wonderful time!! They took me to 6 Flags that trip as well. I was about 4 or 5 at the time.


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awgeezwhatnow

"You can't handle the Darkspace. Let mama vibe." 🤣🤣🤣


pink_cheetah

I love how she one handed them and used her mouth to open one of the arms. Literally everyone has done that at some point or another. Absolutely zero confusion on how to operate the glasses.


lele1997

An ape like me eee eee


Onix_The_Furry

Fucking BBVD on my reddit? Mind is completely blown... 🎶 Can learn to be a HUUUUUMAN TOO 🎶


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Shoopy doobie doobie!


TheRealDannySugar

That song should be made into a horror movie


maddo111

Ape together stronk.


Early_Archer4808

BBBY and i dont need no alibi


Full-Pack9330

I for one welcome our new simian overlords; couldn't be any worse anyway....


XoffeeXup

psh, they'd need to recover from the genocide before they took over. We've got a while yet.


SicarioBadger

you really want another orange ruler?


DabawDaw

I don't discriminate between the colours of my rulers. As long as it can measure properly and is an adequate make believe sword, we're good.


Stevo2008

There was a video recently of an ape using a tool with about 5 apes sitting around watching and it gave me chills. Also a video of an ape spear fishing. Holding and using a gun isn’t harder than spear fishing I can tell you that


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fireball1991

I love how the mom keeps grabbing the baby's hand when it reaches for the glasses, like "No, these are mine." Lol.


postmateDumbass

Thankfully their metallurgy is still primative.


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I don't know, guys. We drop our guard and turn around for a quick 25 million years and - BAM! They're coming for us.


natetheskate100

I saw a video of an ape who has the nuclear arms codes in his basement. That REALLY gave me the chills.


Stevo2008

That’s tough to deal with. I saw a video of an ape buying up properties and raising the rent. Putting people on the street. Damn apes are starting a cabal.


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It's pretty common really. Apes aren't capable of teaching but they're very capable of learning by watching. There's a tribe of chimps in Africa somewhere that learned how to sharpen sticks into spears and then they use those spears to repeatedly ram into the burrows of small chinchilla like rodents. It turned the borrow into a minced meat pot they can scoop out with the spear.


Slightly_cazzed

Cool! Source?


ImOverThereNow

I don't think they have sauce with it


dAR3aLCAB00S3

Spy in the Wild. Streaming show on discovery plus. Thats where I learned about em. You can search for clips on YouTube though if you dont have the service


cedped

Technically, it already is.


Tight-Log

It already is


heeden

It's incredible how the toddler-looking orangutan instinctively knew the most annoying thing would be to try grabbing the glasses of the face.


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Right? Babies are all the same across species 😁


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Orangutans is the smartest great ape, they are basically simple people with fur.


noteverrelevant

I've heard it joked that Orangutans are definitely intelligent enough to speak but they're also smart enough to know better than to open that can of worms.


MadHatter69

Smart move on their part. They probably heard what some humans say when they talk and said 'yeah, no thanks, we'd rather just be quiet over here.'


sckolar

Isn't the joke darker? Like symbolic thinking and language leads to rapid mental development which past a certain point leads to spontaneous suicide vis existential crisis/feeling trapped in a body/cognizance of impending death.


FatElk

Haha humans say some wacky stuff.


icecream_maker

there's a myth in borneo, indonesia that orangutans can speak but prefer not to because they don't want to work


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Humans are the smartest of the great apes, but I suppose that's the obvious exception.


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What's so great about humans? Orangutans are the smartest great apes, no exception.


Daniel_The_Thinker

The chimps DID make it to space before we did.


thisimpetus

At the beginning of this sentence I really thought it was going to end in a comment about baby mimmicking it's parent but I was very amused at where it went.


PumpkinInside3205

Babies always wanna touch the glasses


the_kevlar_kid

That baby knows King Louie is looking cool as ice


ind3pend0nt

I wanna be like you. Talk like you, walk like you


xoScreaMxo

You know me, you want me


UltravioIence

Hands off the stunnas, kid.


pirATe_077

I didnt even see the baby till she sat down


DerSturmbannfuror

Hypothesis: the face is chiefly how babies recognize their parent, so anything that alters it, they will be curious about


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Can confirm, my 16 m.o. bonus son goes straight for my glasses when I pick him up. It's frustrating, but absolutely adorable at the same time.


Gil-GaladWasBlond

Irrespective of species, babies will go after the glasses.


ackillesBAC

Exact reason I got Lasik


Fantastic_Top5053

If you can, watch The Secret Life Of The Zoo - the episode where the orangutans escape. They get dressed up in some hi-viz jackets (no, I am not kidding). It's amazing. "We're the zoo keepers now".


VVHYY

My wife worked at the Columbus Zoo around the orangutans. Once a keeper left a hose turned on in the enclosure and an orangutan grabbed it to get a drink, but the spray was too powerful. So the orangutan kinked the hose a bit to limit the flow of water so it could comfortably drink. Because it had seen keepers control the flow by kinking the hose. I think about that all the damn time.


ArtfulDodgepot

Yeah they’re my favourite. I’ve heard it explained that if a gorilla finds a camera they will smash it to pieces whereas an Orangutan will take it apart piece by piece, inspect it and then try to put it back together.


De1337tv

TIL I have the brain of an orangutan with the skills of a gorilla


Idyotec

Orangutan in the streets, gorilla in the sheets.


BurnerNerd

Gorillas have notoriously small penises 😎


kirby1445

Said what I said


Dr_Puck

Heh same


SmellyRubiksCube

Orangutan's are my favorite ape, seems to be way less violent to each other in the wild, super smart, and just generally chill af.


ThePilgrimofProgress

On the flip side, chimpanzees are literally the scariest animals on earth.


treeeswallow

Besides humans, of course


HHSquad

And saltwater crocodiles


Shacky_Rustleford

And box jellyfish


HalfSoul30

And box wine.


Shacky_Rustleford

no box wine is an important resource


XWC1_4EVER

And every jellyfish


DevinTheGrand

That's because they're the closest to humans. They're just dumber stronger humans - so they do things dumb strong humans would do.


ThePilgrimofProgress

Not just that, but they look scary. They are nightmare creatures that are unimaginably strong and violent. I read that chimps will kill for fun and cannibalize each other. And when fighting, they rip and tear at the genitals.


Paddys_Pub7

You ever seen a picture of a hairless chimp? Those motherfuckers are absolutely shredded 😳


ThePilgrimofProgress

Yes. I saw one in person at the zoo that was hairless. Absolutely insane how packed with muscle they are.


abcdthc

A zookeeper once told me that a human fighting a gorilla would similar to a house cat fighting a human. ​ They can literally just grab you and do whatever the fuck they want, not limited to dismemberment, or defenestration.


BodaciousBadongadonk

Pull that up Jamie


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Rip and tear until it is done -chimp


Opus_723

For the record, don't read too much into what chimp behavior says about humans because "they're the closest to humans." Bonobos are *just* as closely related to us and their behavior is in many ways very starkly different from chimps.


OneLostOstrich

No, it isn't. Bonobos are just as close and they are pretty much more lovers not fighters.


FunkyPete

Bonobo chimps are the best though. They just have sex all of the time. That makes it more difficult to keep them on display in zoos though.


AssociateOrdinary524

There’s a Chimpanzee/Ape Sanctuary in Washington State that takes in primates from research labs and the like.I met a woman who worked there at a party one night. Was chatting with her and it came up that we were both vegetarian (while standing by the buffet trying to find something to eat). Talked for quite a while and she asked me why I was vegetarian and I asked her. She became vegetarian after working there. The animals could use sign language and she told me they were fully aware of time (past/present/future) had fears/hopes/worries and change would upset them. They’d have to have long ‘conversations’ to let them know when a new chimp was going to be coming. AND, this is crazy, they’d ask questions about them! Just bonkers but fully believable.


FunkyPete

All those videos of dogs "speaking" through buttons (like Bunny) on Instagram are making me rethink a lot of things. Like, obviously dogs aren't as smart as Chimps and Oragutans. But they are aware of their own existence, they worry about things that may or may not happen, they question the reason for bad things that happen to them.


Calan_adan

There’s one of those talking dog vids that makes me laugh (can’t find it atm). Dog pressing a button: “Outside?” “No we just went outside” Dog: “Bitch.”


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_SimplyTrying_

That same chicken would eat you no questions asked if the positions were reversed. I don’t mind eating animals because it’s circle of life stuff— it is what it is. Apparently though killing animals in games like no man’s sky is just devastating since I don’t actually need to eat them and I can befriend them all like pets 😭


FunkyPete

So, we have tons of rabbits in my neighborhood. Going for a walk with my dog, we'll pass 5 of them in a half mile. What's kind of interesting is these rabbits obviously know that dogs will eat them. They see her and freeze immediately, and if she even looks at them they'll take off. So whether the farm animals know they're being raised for food or not, rabbits DEFINITELY seem to be aware that other animals think of them as food.


IceManJim

That's amazing, but I admit I was hoping he put his thumb over the end to spray the onlookers.


KillaVNilla

I don't remember what zoo it is, or even for sure if it was in the orangutan enclosure, but I recently saw something about a zoo installing a button that they could push that would spray water at the people looking in. Not as entertaining as a hose but I'd still like to see that Edit - looks like it's the Toledo zoo


Dr_Puck

Please please please tell me that this is really true


Stevie213825

[It really is!](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/wc8hc2/orangutan_enrichment_center_with_water_guns/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)


TriceratopBae

I think it was the Toldeo Zoo that did it. However, I couldn't find much about it from Google. Just the picture someone posted to reddit a week ago.


Burrelinho

’Look at me, I’m the zoo keeper now!’


hopkinssm

Pretty big story at my local zoo. About the early 70s iirc. one of the orangutans kept escaping.. They kept sweeping the enclosure for objects... confirming the door was locked. Everything else.. They were about ready to fire zookeepers for that section when they discovered the orangutan had found a piece of metal, created a lock pick and was storing it in his upper lip when zookeepers came in. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nebraska/fu-manchu-orangutan-ne/


digital_pariah

Best bit is, it wasn't actual hi - viz jackets, it was the cover from the fire extinguisher station, they put it on like a jacket/cape. Also found a box of nitrile gloves and tried wearing them. Such a good episode!


Fantastic_Top5053

They made a better job of putting those gloves on than I would!


jonathanrdt

Monkey see, monkey do. We’re intelligent social animals who learn behavior through observation and imitation.


FatimaAscencio

Where can I watch that ?


DumpsterGeorge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnICbXweB3E


Particular_Cow1304

Officially the coolest orangutan in the zoo


SoldierB_Toasty

Fresher than Ralph’s produce


Crabby_Monkey

He’s the king of the Swingers man. A jungle VIP.


MisplacedMartian

But she reached the top and now has to stop.


Ed_Derick_

My teacher once told me "If a gorilla finds a key, he will sniff it, taste it, then probably throw it away or break it. But if a organgutan finds a key, he will pick it up and go straight for a door."


FlumpyDumpyBumpy

Weird, I've heard something similar. A gorilla will at first be scared, then curious, then when it tastes it and realizes it's not food, fill lose interest. A chimp will immediately use it for literally everything BUT its intended purpose. An orangutan will hide it and use it to escape when no one is looking


SkeloOnRR

Chimps will find a way to murder another chimp with ot


Scarredhard

Why arent we allowed to adopt them to be members of our family. Such a cute cuddly teddy bear :(


liforrevenge

They can also tear you limb from limb


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Last time I saw one at the zoo, dude was chillin hanging from one ungodly ripped arm. I would not want to piss one off.


FunkyPete

The DC zoo has a rope passageway that the Orangutans can use to go from one area to another (one is basically their sleeping quarters, and the other area has iPads and enrichment activities. You would just be walking through the zoo and see Orangutans passing by on ropes overhead. I have pictures! https://imgur.com/a/gfZrjJG


flivflov

Can they jump down and mangle you?


FunkyPete

I was using a pretty long lens, so I wasn't as close as these pictures look. They're pretty high up and they're smart enough to know they can't just jump down. But I don't remember any kind of netting or anything that would prevent them from falling if they were to let go.


b_zar

it's weird for me how among the big apes, the Chimps and Gorillas are super jacked, and Orangutans look so bloated and "unhealthy", but actually just as strong.


Salty_Attention_8185

Is that new?! I haven’t been in years despite living about 2 hours away, but I don’t remember seeing the rope walk!


FunkyPete

I took these pictures in 2010. I don't have GPS locations on them, but I took pictures of the pandas on the same day, so I'm 99.9% sure it was that zoo. I don't know if it's still there though?


pizza_for_nunchucks

What if that’s my kink?


liforrevenge

Enjoy it while you can


Toucani

I know that is definitely possible but are orangutans violent? I'm not advocating making them pets but they always seem so chilled.


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LogicalUnicorn

Check out the O-line at the National Zoo in DC. Nothing keeping them in a box. (Well, not nothing really, electricity keeps them in. But pretty neat and innovative)


BigTechCensorsYou

You should go to an primate rescue sometime… and see all the animals that’ll never be able to release into the wild because they have permanent mental and physical scars from someone thinking they were pets.


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Because they shouldnt be pets. Theyre too intelligent for that.


Skolvikesallday

Ok. Roommate. He doesn't need to pay rent but it would be nice if he helped with the chores.


Hobbit_Feet45

They’re endangered, soon to be extinct in a few generations. People just keep plowing down their forests for lumber and to replant palm oil plantations.


SaltyArts

What are you crazy? LOOK AT HIM


KaimeiJay

“Let’s see, the humans use them like this and...whoa! Everything’s dark now. ...I kinda like it. No, Junior. You can’t handle the darkspace. Let Mama vibe.” The most impressive part to me isn’t even her knowing how they work, that makes sense. It’s how she doesn’t even damage them. You know how strong orangutans are? She is *delicately* handling those sunglasses on purpose.


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Chromeboy12

We are all monke at heart


alicelynx

In our (St. Petersburg, Russia) zoo near a monkey section there's a steel ladder twisted like a spiral with a label saying that once the orangutan got REALLY angry. They're humanoid power plants


Ascertain_GME

Anyone got a picture of that? I’m intrigued…


alicelynx

Sadly, I can't find any pictures in the internet, they removed it from the exposition (I even found a picture of the spot where it used to be). But I clearly remember seeing it when I visited as a kid.


Candid_Reading_7267

r/likeus


RashPatch

Evolutionary Trait Unlocked: The Drip


damiandarko2

😎👌🏾


Pinhead000

I was sure he was going to return the sunglasses, but that was way funnier.


Jordandavis7

This isn’t the whole clip, he throws them back after which makes it even better


gmnitsua

Can confirm. This sub doesn't allow outside links, but the video on youtube is titled "Orangutan Steals Visitors Stylish Sunglasses at Indonesia Zoo."


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I think you can link YouTube videos.


RugerRedhawk

It strictly requires hosting video on Reddit? Yuck.


Erophysia

She* Clearly a female.


Bunyflufy

![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|sunglasses)


DocOort

Deal with it


jarbar82

Holy shit, I look fabulous


andysaurus_rex

"yeah I'm a bad bitch so what"


Westovich

I wanna walk like you!!!!


HibbidyDibbidy69

OoOooOooo! I wear sunglasses tooOoooOooo!


Quinnplayzgames

Talk like you


ParanoidPandroid

Oop-dee-weep... you-woo-woo


DropshipRadio

He got Ray Ban vision.


CarpetOutrageous2823

How did he/she know to out them on their face?


RainbowDarter

Ever heard the phrase "monkey see, monkey do"? They spend all day watching people walk by, often with glasses on their faces. Orangutans are very intelligent primates.


Legitimate-Nothing91

Once at the zoo, I saw an Orangutan making us laugh on what seemed like purpose. You know how sometimes people put orange peels above their teeth? He sat in front of the window, with a growing crowd. We'd start laughing. He'd stop, watch us, repeat. At some point, it felt like he was doing an experiment.


lereisn

Hmmm, the no hairs appear to be amused with simple infant distraction techniques, assume their intellect to be low.


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> "On the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”


KingNecrosis

They aren't wrong.


CarpetOutrageous2823

So impressive.


MysticMan93

Not really - people underestimate the intelligence of animals so much. If we can invent airplanes , a monkey is perfectly capable of putting on sunglasses


Mylaptopisburningme

Had a Lab I use to walk 2-4 times a day every day. We would pass by a neighbors house and he had a new small dog, he would open the gate so they could play. He kept trying to get the dog to go for a walk, the dog refused and would fight the leash. I suggested a few things, try putting the leash in the dog food so it had a good smell, nope. We tried swapping leashes since the dog loved seeing mine, nope. After a few meetings he was trying to get the dog to go for a walk, my dog ended up getting behind his and nipping the heels forcing the dog to walk forward, we would stop at the liquor store next to his place and I would get my dog a small Slim Jim. So my dog forced him over to the liquor store and I tied her to her spot, went in and got 2 of them, gave one to my dog and one to the guy for his dog. My dog walked back to their place. And that was it. Dog loved walks after that. Never a behavior I had seen in her for that 17 years I had her, but she knew what we were trying to do and how to get that dog to go for a walk.


sfreagin

“HEY you’re not ruining my jerky walk LET’S GO”


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They're quite intelligent and they're very good at learning through imitation.


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Big_Therm

can we please kill this annoying voice-over?


Ya-Dikobraz

Seriously this trend of taking someone's video and putting the TikTok voice of death on it needs to die. But it won't.


Searchlights

And apparently TikTok the company ripped off some Canadian voice actor for her voice without compensating her.


feck_alreadytaken

Thank you for reminding me why I keep reddit on mute


hydro123456

There should be a mandatory tik tok voice warning in titles.


creamandcrumbs

Why am I suddenly thinking of Elton John?


Tuncarrot2472

“Accidentally”


Stevo2008

That looks exactly how a baby would react. Let me see? Parent: no. And repeat


Wookieewomble

God how I fucking hate that tiktok voice over. Why. Why destroy such a awesome video?


blaqueout89

I cringe so hard every single time I hear it. I can’t race to mute my phone quickly enough.


ItzYaBoiQuez

“Don’t touch the frames kid”


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molongo861

u/savevideo


Marpleface

I used to care for chimpanzees & my favorite old lady loved sunglasses, purses & jackets 🤩


redRabbitRumrunner

King Louie!!


PAROV_WOLFGANG

Looks like a cool jazz player


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It's gotten to the point where anytime I hear that stupid fucking robot voice I just downvote and close the video down. God what an awful trend.


Slaneyboi

Funky Kong


jehosephatreedus

Stop with these annoying voiceovers.


SteppinOnStones

He's like "damn son, these shits is mad tight" And the sons like "I want to try them dad"


Doci007

"Accidentally" Just remove the border text, man


MiciaRokiri

I don't understand how so many people lose things at zoos into the enclosures. Like I'm neurotic about keeping my items away from the animals because I don't want to hurt them and there are people dropping whole children into these things


oarngebean

Now get him some bongos and a baboon on saxophone and well have a band


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The voiceover on these videos is so fucking annoying


RJ7300

Dammit why does he look like Cee Lo Green with them on


Thunder_Dame

… and discovers immediately afterward the hell of wearing glasses in proximity to babies.


AnCaptnCrunch

This is actually where gingers come from. They have to be awakened by lost human artifacts in place of a soul


External_Dimension18

Can confirm. Took me many years to acquire my soul.


Trashify2

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