7 comments

  • gnabgib 17 hours ago
    This came up in 2014 (61 points, 26 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12946505
    • Natsu 17 hours ago
      "Monkey see, monkey do" as they say.
  • Obscurity4340 3 hours 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

  • aaronbrethorst 14 hours 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...
    • pcthrowaway 11 hours ago
      Also Orcas wearing fish hats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_hat
      • gs17 2 hours 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.

  • kelseyfrog 15 hours 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.
  • readthenotes1 16 hours ago
    This explains so much about us.
  • bitwize 16 hours ago
    Ah, the old "Ass Grass" Challenge.
  • abejfehr 17 hours ago
    gracias