# Oh oh, now the chimps are armed with pointy sticks.

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**Created:** [March 24, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-oh-now-the-chimps-are-armed-with-pointy-sticks/442542 "2008-03-24T16:20:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-oh-now-the-chimps-are-armed-with-pointy-sticks/442542/21 "2008-03-26T18:15:18Z")

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[QUOTE=NurseCarmen]  
Just as long as we keep them away from the typewriters.  
(and a lot of spare time)  
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“It was the best of times, it was the _blurst_ of times!?” Stupid monkey!

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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-oh-now-the-chimps-are-armed-with-pointy-sticks/442542/22 "2008-03-26T21:31:03Z")

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Has [Karl Pilkington](http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Monkey_News) been informed of this?

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**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-oh-now-the-chimps-are-armed-with-pointy-sticks/442542/23 "2008-03-27T10:09:52Z")

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This is just the latest in a series of bad news, unfortunately.

[Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs. ‘Oh, Shit,’ Says Humanity](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28315)

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-oh-now-the-chimps-are-armed-with-pointy-sticks/442542/24 "2008-04-05T10:23:15Z")

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[QUOTE=St. Urho]  
This is just the latest in a series of bad news, unfortunately.

[Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs. ‘Oh, Shit,’ Says Humanity](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28315)  
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As so often happens, [reality is not that far from _The Onion._](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7313385.stm)

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> A South American river dolphin uses branches, weeds and lumps of clay to woo the opposite sex and frighten off rivals, scientists have discovered.
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> Researchers observed adult male botos carrying these objects while surrounded by females, and thrashing them on the water surface aggressively.
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> Writing in the journal Biology Letters, they say such behaviour has never before been seen in any marine mammal.

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**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-oh-now-the-chimps-are-armed-with-pointy-sticks/442542/25 "2008-04-05T12:14:26Z")

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Large birds, like cranes, are known to use bait to catch fish. They’ll set a piece of bread afloat and watch it drift past. If nothing comes up to nibble, they’ll pick it up and put it back upstream again.

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