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#News: Great #apes tease and prank each other just as humans do. Including body-slamming, hair-pulling and waving objects in front of each other's faces - new #research study finds #sentience #primatology #primates #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1033990

Do apes have humor?

Study documented playful teasing in four species of great ape

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Gorillas in particular have a well developed sense of humour.
We share a planet with other types of 'people'

https://www.koko.org/uncategorized/14312/kokos-sense-of-humor/

#Gorillas


Koko’s Sense of Humor

Koko liked to make jokes. She enjoyed the reaction they would get. In the first clip Penny reads Koko a card that was sent in by some children. They want to know if Koko has a middle name.
www.koko.org
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@Lazarou thank you for sharing this!!! I love that we share our planet with so many other wonderful non-human beings. They are in many ways better than human people. Oh how I LOOOVE Koko, especially for her beautiful interactions with the late Robin Williams - when the two legends met each other wow! 💚 😍
Robin Williams plays with Koko @Lazarou@mastodon.social thank you for sharing this!!! I love that we share our planet with so many other wonderful non-human beings. They are in many ways better than human people. Oh how I LOOOVE Koko, especially for her beautiful interactions with the late Robin Williams - when the two legends met each other wow! 💚 😍
Robin Williams plays with Koko @Lazarou@mastodon.social thank you for sharing this!!! I love that we share our planet with so many other wonderful non-human beings. They are in many ways better than human people. Oh how I LOOOVE Koko, especially for her beautiful interactions with the late Robin Williams - when the two legends met each other wow! 💚 😍
Robin Williams plays with Koko @Lazarou@mastodon.social thank you for sharing this!!! I love that we share our planet with so many other wonderful non-human beings. They are in many ways better than human people. Oh how I LOOOVE Koko, especially for her beautiful interactions with the late Robin Williams - when the two legends met each other wow! 💚 😍
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Palm Oil Detectives
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@Lazarou yes indeed it was hehe.

I always wondered what your name means - Lazarou Monkey Terror is this a video game or something?

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
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It was a message board handle from 20+ years ago, just some words thrown together to catch the eye.

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