27 pointsby dxs9 days ago7 comments
  • gnabgib6 days ago
    This came up in 2014 (61 points, 26 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12946505
    • Natsu6 days ago
      "Monkey see, monkey do" as they say.
  • aaronbrethorst5 days ago
    this reminds me of the viral endangered teen Hawaiian monk seal challenge: stick an eel up your nose. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/06/hawaiian-mon...
    • pcthrowaway5 days ago
      Also Orcas wearing fish hats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_hat
      • gs175 days ago
        > One hypothesis is that orcas wear salmon hats to display high food availability, or that the same individuals that originally started the trend revitalized it.

        Just like humans, 80s nostalgia is going strong.

  • Obscurity43405 days ago
    > "Yet, when selection pressures relax (e.g., due to systematic provisioning in captive care), chimpanzees may extend their social learning occasionally to behaviors without direct instrumental utility."

    Its expensive and time-sucking to be poor

  • kelseyfrog6 days ago
    The chimpfluencer market is severely limited. We SWOT-ed it in 2022 and found the biggest weakness we uncovered was the lack of financial fluency in the sector.
  • bitwize6 days ago
    Ah, the old "Ass Grass" Challenge.
  • readthenotes16 days ago
    This explains so much about us.
  • abejfehr6 days ago
    gracias