[HN Gopher] 40 monkeys escape from research facility in South Ca...
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       40 monkeys escape from research facility in South Carolina
        
       Author : austinallegro
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2024-11-07 19:35 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (news.sky.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (news.sky.com)
        
       | keernan wrote:
       | Since this is a research facility, it would be nice to receive
       | confirmation the monkeys are disease free.
        
         | datavirtue wrote:
         | I would have trouble signing off on a disease-free monkey.
        
           | keernan wrote:
           | [delayed]
        
       | ABraidotti wrote:
       | Don't offer them your typewriter(s) yet.
       | 
       | > The results reveal that it is possible (around a 5% chance) for
       | a single chimp to type the word "bananas" in its own lifetime.
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       | https://phys.org/news/2024-10-monkey-unable-hamlet-lifetime-...
        
       | andrewstuart wrote:
       | The older I get the more I hate cruelty to animals.
       | 
       | Even worse that it's our evolutionary cousins.
        
       | borutz wrote:
       | Oh, shit. There goes the planet.
        
       | r14c wrote:
       | Good for them. I hope they get to live a real life now, but I
       | can't say I'm optimistic about it..
        
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