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TheNorm
09-04-2009, 14:09
This strategy seems to work well in the Ivory Coast.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16916-meat-now-sex-later-for-ivorian-chimps.html

I'm just nipping out to see my local butcher...
Hugh
09-04-2009, 14:13
Pity the poor vegetarians - no meat, in so many different ways. :D
lucy7
09-04-2009, 14:13
That is so good!!

Could think of lots of witty types to that one, but will not, this time!!!
Halcyon
09-04-2009, 14:23
So if I go to a lovely lady I bring you sausage and meat balls, would I be in with a chance ;)

Most likely a slap lol
joglynne
09-04-2009, 14:26
I always suspected that the a man taking you out for a meal on a date meant he had an ulterior motive.

Now I know it's what's hidden in their genes that causes their apparent generosity. :D
zing_deleted
09-04-2009, 14:30
This strategy seems to work well in the Ivory Coast.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16916-meat-now-sex-later-for-ivorian-chimps.html

I'm just nipping out to see my local butcher...


no monkey business while you are out :)
Gary L
09-04-2009, 14:37
So if I go to a lovely lady I bring you sausage and meat balls, would I be in with a chance ;)

Most likely a slap lol

Ask her if she fancies a saveloy. if she says no then get her a pie.
downquark1
09-04-2009, 15:20
Doesn't sound like a completely conclusive study. Sounds more like the males are being generous and the females are favouring the generous ones.
Saaf_laandon_mo
09-04-2009, 15:22
Pity the poor vegetarians - no meat, in so many different ways. :D

Get her some Quorn.... You have a good time, even if she's just faking it.
TheNorm
09-04-2009, 15:32
...I'm just nipping out to see my local butcher...

...I'm back. He said it sounded like an interesting idea, and asked for directions to the nearest zoo. :erm:
Halcyon
09-04-2009, 15:34
Can I be different and bring fish instead. Much healthier than meat.
Anonymouse
12-04-2009, 18:38
I often wonder if the researchers are still getting over the shock of discovering after decades of assuming chimps were mainly veggies that a) that chimps do eat meat and b) that they're almost frighteningly effective hunters - if a chimp hunting party consists of 10 or more chimps, their observed success rate is 100%.

When was the last time Charlotte Uhlenbroek (Chimpanzee Diary) appeared on TV (too long ago, I reckon!)? I was well impressed by her - beauty and brains, and she's not afraid of roughing it in the jungle. Unsurprisingly she's married...:(
TheNorm
12-04-2009, 20:55
... that they're almost frighteningly effective hunters - if a chimp hunting party consists of 10 or more chimps, their observed success rate is 100%....

Indeed - in fact, they have been known to use spears to hunt bush babies.

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(07)00801-9
Anonymouse
21-04-2009, 23:05
Indeed - in fact, they have been known to use spears to hunt bush babies.

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(07)00801-9 (http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2807%2900801-9)
Say what now?

<checks link>

<jaw drops and shatters on floor>

Oh dear. If they've learned how to manufacture and use projectile weaponry...hmm. Um...has anyone seen a black monolith in that region? Utterly black, inert, untouchable, dimensions in the ratio 1:4:9 (:16:25:36:49 etc. ad infinitum)...?
TheNorm
22-04-2009, 07:25
What's that loud, high-pitched sound?