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Stupid TLC Show Called "My Monkey Baby"

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It's a TLC show about humans that adopt monkeys and treat them as their children. There are hundreds of videos on the Internet of proud parents enjoying their monkeys, and an estimated 15,000 monkeys live with humans as pets or surrogate children in the United States. Thanks to Chimpanzee Information for pointing this travesty out.

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Of Eagle Abduction

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Joking aside, the instant viral popularity of this video seems to me to be speaking to some deep-rooted fears in the human psyche. I suspect that, like so many of what seem our primal instincts, the real basis is far more psychological. Everyone knows you bait eagles with babies in Alpine meadows, DUH.

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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

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We know that the human mind has capacities that are not common in other animals. For example, humans have “Theory of Mind” which is not a theory in the scientific sense, but rather, a capacity whereby we have an internal theory of what is going on in other people’s minds. Just eat the food. 1208724109.

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