The rise and rise of the monkeys

[Ebonbuddha]

The Thais have already surrendered to the monkeys.

Monkey feast

I still want the squirrel to win this battle.

 

[Infidel Castro]

Originally posted by fieldarchy
no no not whatever. Monkeys have tails and apes don\'t.

I can\'t believe noone pulled the lass up on this erroneous comment - the Gibbon has a tail and it is also an ape. Jobling, do your job properly!

 

[Roger Bunting]

I did think about it. I was going to point out that some monkeys don\'t have tails; but then I thought, nah.

 

[fieldarchy]

All monkeys have tails and all apes don\'t have tails.

 

[Bill]

Sorry I\'m late, Rev.

Originally posted by fieldarchy
All monkeys have tails and all apes don\'t have tails.

False!

Some monkeys, such as the Barbary Ape (a tailless macaque), have the word \"ape\" in their common names (usually to indicate lack of a tail), but they are not regarded as true apes. Another tailless monkey is the Celebes Crested Macaque. And it\'s not confined to macaques - a baboon is another monkey with no tail. The main difference between apes and monkeys is that apes, including us, have opposable thumbs, while monkeys do not.

 

[Torn blue sky]

The answer is true!

IQ tests are plagued with those questions! And when the apes try to rise only the super smart people like us will survive!

 

[Bill]

They will think of ways to outsmart us... Would you be able to tell a Barbary Ape apart from a Rhesus Monkey that had had its tail docked?

 

[Torn blue sky]

Pfft \'course I would!

KNOW YOUR ENEMY! I wouldn\'t be a super smart survivor if I made such a pitiful faux pas!

 

[supervike]

Which ones throw thier poop?

 

[Torn blue sky]

That just depends if they can get away with it Vikey. I stand firmly by my Motto \" I don\'t take shit from anybody!\" Even if it is thown by a monkey lol
If the apes were THAT smart they\'d do it too and BLAME it on the monkeys...you see?

 

[fieldarchy]

Originally posted by Bill
Sorry I\'m late, Rev.

Originally posted by fieldarchy
All monkeys have tails and all apes don\'t have tails.

False!

Some monkeys, such as the Barbary Ape (a tailless macaque), have the word \"ape\" in their common names (usually to indicate lack of a tail), but they are not regarded as true apes. Another tailless monkey is the Celebes Crested Macaque. And it\'s not confined to macaques - a baboon is another monkey with no tail. The main difference between apes and monkeys is that apes, including us, have opposable thumbs, while monkeys do not.

Bill do you want to call my anthropology professors and tell them they are wrong then? That\'s what they told us in school. Monkeys have tails and apes don\'t.

Baboons are monkeys you are correct but they do have tails. They have very short tails but they are there none the less. Go google pictures of baboons, I\'ve never seen one without a tail.

As for the barbary ape . . .sheesh! There\'s an exception to EVERY rule usually. But still for the most part the rule is true, Apes don\'t have tails and Monkeys do.

 

[fieldarchy]

Originally posted by supervike
Which ones throw thier poop?

isn\'t that all hominins?

 

[Sand Rat]

And Bill, to be classed as a primate (with the exception of the tamarins and lemurs) one generally has to have an opposable thumb.

The notable exception is the colubus monkey which has no thumb and only 4 digits on its forepaws.

 

[Bill]

Of course there\'s an exception to every rule, and that\'s why your statement was false :] Many apes have vestigial tails, anyway.

Steely: Apes have opposable thumbs on all four hands rather than just two (or less). My bad.

 

[Modderrhu]

Originally posted by fieldarchy
Baboons are monkeys you are correct but they do have tails. They have very short tails but they are there none the less. Go google pictures of baboons, I\'ve never seen one without a tail.

Wrong, both wrong. Baboons have tails. Quite longish tails actually.

 

[fieldarchy]

I guess length and whether or not you would consider the tails long is relative but they have tails. So in that I am correct. And baboons are monkeys are they not?

 

[NINJAWIZARD]

Originally posted by fieldarchy
I guess length and whether or not you would consider the tails long is relative but they have tails. So in that I am correct. And baboons are monkeys are they not?

No, they\'re mammals. Geez...

/popcorn

 

[Roger Bunting]

Humans are apes but we don\'t have opposable thumbs, so I guess we\'re the exception to the other 4 great apes species and 13 lesser ape species.

 

[Bill]

Heeheehee lol

 

[Roger Bunting]

Err, I left out the on our feet bit. I did put it in on my first attempt to post but I got logged out. The above statement sounds stupid without that part. lol