# Orangutans seen in wild using spears. Newslink **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394 "2008-04-29T21:06:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/21 "2008-04-30T04:08:00Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] I, for one, welcome our new Great Ape overlords. [/QUOTE] Especially since “simian” is more or less defunct as a precise term relating to taxonomy. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/22 "2008-04-30T10:37:18Z")
Armed or not, I shouldn’t think they’d be a credible threat as regular troops. Guerilla warfare would be more the thing. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![puppygod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppygod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppygod)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/23 "2008-04-30T11:31:14Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Armed or not, I shouldn’t think they’d be a credible threat as regular troops. Guerilla warfare would be more the thing. 😛 [/QUOTE] Yeah, laugh. That might be spears now, but before we realize what’s goin’ on [those guys](http://www.at-43.com/images/stories/AT-43/KA/KATA01__01.jpg) will come out of the forest 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/24 "2008-04-30T12:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] Well, do we know that they invented the spear, or simply that it’s the first time both groups have been witnessed using spears? [/QUOTE] Yeah. Wouldn’t surprise me if the sneaky little buggers had some bows and arrows stashed away just waiting to strike. Or gunpowder :eek: ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/25 "2008-04-30T12:42:09Z")
[QUOTE=DiggitCamara] Planet of the Apes. In the movie it isn’t clear whether he’s a writer. [/QUOTE] I know who Dr. Zaius is. Never heard of a Dr. Zeus. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/26 "2008-04-30T12:49:19Z")
[QUOTE=Amp] We better patent it before they do. If not they’ll come after for royalties. Well, they will after they invent lawyers. [/QUOTE] Orangutans as lawyers? Nah, way too highly evolved for that. I’m sorry, I’m sorry!!! Please don’t sue me!!! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/27 "2008-04-30T13:58:50Z")
[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus] Especially since “simian” is more or less defunct as a precise term relating to taxonomy. [/QUOTE] I think he only meant it in the sense of “relating to primates”. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/28 "2008-04-30T14:12:32Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Orangutans seen in wild using spears. [/QUOTE] I was wondernig what Britney would do next. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/29 "2008-04-30T14:45:46Z")
[QUOTE=asterion] I know who Dr. Zaius is. Never heard of a Dr. Zeus. [/QUOTE] D’oh! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/30 "2008-04-30T15:40:36Z")
Dr. Zeus doesn’t use spears. He lobs lightning bolts. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/31 "2008-04-30T20:55:24Z")
But only to heal people. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/32 "2008-04-30T21:15:48Z")
I would not like a spear-armed monkey; I would not think it cute and funky. :eek: Would I prefer it with a rifle? I sure would not! No, not a trifle! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/33 "2008-04-30T22:35:53Z")
But who are they backing? Hillary or Obama? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/34 "2008-04-30T23:13:38Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] But who are they backing? Hillary or Obama? [/QUOTE] McCain, so they can keep their spears for a hundred years. Is that a Girl Genius location? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/35 "2008-04-30T23:17:10Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Is that a Girl Genius location? [/QUOTE] Yes. i shall avenge myself upon all who mocked my genius, as per my previous communique. Ask me about my Doomsday Device. I built it with money I earned selling Grit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/36 "2008-05-01T00:17:49Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Ask me about my Doomsday Device. [/QUOTE] Hell of a bumpersticker, but I hope you didn’t buy the parts from “World Dominators are Us”. That’s where I got my spell checker. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394/37 "2008-05-01T00:25:22Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] But who are they backing? Hillary or Obama? [/QUOTE] I wonder if it every occurred to Jeremiah Wright that it could be the _apes themselves_ who created AIDS and passed it on to humans. They want our stuff and our dominance, but the spear’s as close as they can get to manufacturing without a thumb. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangutans-seen-in-wild-using-spears-newslink/447394.md?page=1)