this chimp is smarter then me.

[WA261]

I was thinking WTF....how is he going to get it. I would have never thought this....wow..I guess I suck.

http://www.wimp.com/chimpanzeesolving/

 

[chuckywang]

I wouldn't have thought about it cause I don't want the peanut to get soggy and gross.

 

[Locut0s]

Wonderful. Animals in general are much closer to people than many would like to think, and chimps in particular of course.

However using water is the first thing I thought of.

 

[EarthwormJim]

I believe you mean, "than me."

 

[SleepWhere]

I believe you mean, "than me."

then he was correct

 

[AndroidVageta]

Wow...whether you think of doing this or not...the fact that they fully comprehend this stuff is mind blowing...this is truly an amazing find if I do say so myself.

 

[StrangerGuy]

I believe you mean, "than me."

That is pure gold.

 

[Azraele]

Smart monkey.

 

[TheVrolok]

However using water is the first thing I thought of.

I thought air first, for a brief second as I didn't realize he had anything else available, then water. Pretty cool video.

 

[skooma]

I believe you mean, "than me."

than I.

 

[Mucho]

Lancelot Link would be proud.

 

[lxskllr]

I'm not sure I'd have thought of water. Maybe as a last ditch solution, but I'd have assumed the peanut would sink. My first thought would be a stick to fish it out.

 

[MJinZ]

Monkey rage break the bottle.

 

[BW86]

lol, thats pretty cool

 

[destrekor]

Wonderful. Animals in general are much closer to people than many would like to think, and chimps in particular of course.

However using water is the first thing I thought of.

That's the funny thing. Very little separates man from other animals. With primates, we are barely separated.
To the ordinary man, it appears the margin between us and primates, and animals in general, is huge, but that couldn't be further from the truth.

Three things separate us:
problem-solving ability
learning capability
language

Each of those is rather interconnected in the human brain. We are dexterous, and so our solutions to problems can take advantage of that. Our learning capability makes teaching and learning solutions to problems easy to pass on. Language development allowed these problems to be communicated more easily, and more complex situations became easier to tackle because communication could convey the complexity, as could the thought process for the individual.

 

[Cogman]

the first thing I would have tried and do is smash the tube. Chimp 1, me 0

 

[Tristicus]

If they had of told me I could use water..

 

[alkemyst]

as much as man has improved so have animals.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

I was thinking of just breaking it...

 

[Bill Brasky]

Sweet video. It's neat that the chimp doesn't have to understand densities, but still knows how water interacts with the stuff around him.

 

[TwinsenTacquito]

Seriously, took the chimp 10 minutes. You'd have figured it out in 10 minutes.

 

[eldorado99]

I think I'd have cut a notch in the end of a flexible twig and used it like a pincer to grab the delicious peanut.

 

[thepd7]

Monkey rage break the bottle.

the first thing I would have tried and do is smash the tube. Chimp 1, me 0

I was thinking of just breaking it...

That's what I would have done.

 

[alkemyst]

it's probably lexan or stronger, a cylinder like that also would be strong by design. There probably were other trials where the chimp did try to break it.

 

[amdhunter]

I'd have just peed in the tube instead of going back and forth. It would have been quicker and given the peanuts a nice salty taste.

Stupid monkey has nothing on me.