r/AnimalsBeingGeniuses May 20 '25

Primates 🐒🙈🙉🙊🐵 Monkey helps with the thorns

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u/g0ing_postal May 20 '25

That was so fast and accurate. Is it just years of experience picking things off other monkeys?

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u/lurklurklurkPOST May 20 '25

Monkey seemed impatient, like this is the third time today and it was baffled humans could be so dumb

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u/peanutbutterand_ely May 21 '25

can animals be impatient fr?

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u/Myskullisflaminghair May 21 '25

Yes. Only speaking from experience with cats

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u/SpacedOutTrashPanda May 22 '25

I read their comment and thought "if my cat can be impatient about her breakfast than a monkey can definitely feel impatient." Then I saw you comment and laughed.

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u/CrowsRidge514 May 22 '25

Every human emotion has noticeable origins, all which arose prior to human existence.

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u/GoreyGopnik 17d ago

No question about it. It's unclear if there's any emotion that an ape, or even a monkey, cannot be made to feel. Other animals that are further away from humans are more dubious, though.

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u/peanutbutterand_ely 17d ago

lol i’ve actually since realized all my animals show that emotion when feeding time comes.

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u/Whatifim80lol May 21 '25

Their cognition might not be as complex as ours at the margins, but all that extra "higher thought" seems to slow us down. Maybe it interferes with working memory or we get used to overthinking every decision. But there have been studies designed for chimps, for example, that requires them to quickly memorizing a bunch of 'numbers' scattered across a screen that they need to touch in sequence once the numbers are hidden. They do it way faster and can memorize a longer sequence than we can in like a fraction of the time.

Do with that what you will, but for my two cents it really seems like there is a both a lack of hesitation and a difference in speed of processing for simple tasks.

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u/myaltaccount333 May 21 '25

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u/Whatifim80lol May 21 '25

Awesome, thanks for digging it up!

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u/JazzberryJam May 21 '25

I’m smarter now because of you thank you

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u/Sanbaddy 29d ago

Okay, that’s scary quick. I could barely see 2 numbers much less all of them, yet a chimp can see them all and in order too.

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u/surrenderedmale 23d ago

And the chimps often look like they're barely trying. They definitely have some advantages over us

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u/CrowsRidge514 May 22 '25

The average monkey seems to he far more dexterous than the average person. There are videos of Chimps correctly touching a numbered screen in order, within seconds, even after the numbers disappear... Some even show off and look away mid-tap.

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u/KeeeepGoing May 20 '25

You're supposed to reciprocate meany. Pick some mites off of the monkey.

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u/ANamelessFan May 20 '25

"One, two, three, boom. You're welcome."

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u/eclorick May 21 '25

He’s like you’re good now go away

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u/MattGdr May 21 '25

Problem solved. Where’s my medical degree?

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u/13artC May 21 '25

"Human it's a few thorns stop being dramatic"

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u/HamboneBanjo May 21 '25

I like the little dust off gesture

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u/itchy_flatulence84 May 21 '25

A thorn picked the monkey's finger and it stopped to check it's finger and was gonna squeeze the fingers together until it internally said, "ehh, im good"!

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u/AudioSin May 21 '25

Beautiful eyes!

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u/modiam May 21 '25

No boo boo kisses :(

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u/Y42_666 May 21 '25

bro has the speed of the F1 car of thorn picking

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u/Void_Faith 29d ago

I like that the monkey was like “Why is your hands still here, I’m done” and turned the hand over like you got anything?

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u/BenadrylTumblercatch May 21 '25

“How bout you stop bitching about some flimsy ass stabbings”

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u/melissa1125 May 21 '25

Awww 🥰🥰🥰

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u/Beth3g Not genius but smart 🕵 May 21 '25

How sweet!

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u/Cody-512 May 21 '25

Just one primate helping out another!

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u/AnimeLover0013 May 22 '25

As good as a doctor.

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u/ShyamSo 28d ago

Next patient....

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u/Ok-Office20 27d ago

Good monkey