Chimp
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Researcher Wires Four Rats’ Brains Together – Creates Bizarre Organic “Brainet”
At Duke University a researcher who’s pioneering brain-computer interfaces has circuited four rats’ together via their brains and created a gooey and organic “Brainet”. Miguel Nicolelis, the neurobiologist pioneering this neuroengineering...
Chimpanzee Builds Fire and Roasts Marshmallows – Casually Signals End of Human Dominance
With Dawn of the Planet of the Apes just around the corner, this couldn’t be a more timely reminder of how things can change. Remember how dramatic of a moment it was when Caesar from Rise of the Planet of the Apes stands up and yells...
Chimp Gets Cable – Prefers Sexier Premium Channels
While we all wait for the scenes in Planet of the Apes to play out in real-life, a female chimp named Gina will give us all a glimmer of hope that at least a small percentage of our future primate overlords will need us for a little...
Study: Chimp Attack Plans Evolving Against Zoo Visitors
Santino is sick of your gawking and he’s determined to gain sweet revenge by tagging your forehead with a rock. Santino is a chimp at Sweden’s Furuvik Zoo. He’d gained a reputation for throwing projectiles at particularly annoying visitors...