03-09-2009, 10:53 PM
Racer X wrote:
I'm not that familiar with yard apes. Are they great apes, or lesser apes? Are they the poo throwing apes?
Yard apes are sometimes observed throwing eggs, water balloons, Frisbees, etc. at passing cars. Similar planning ability was recently noted in a chimpanzee in a Swedish zoo: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=chim...stones-zoo. Sometimes they pull down their pants and wave their posteriors too. It's believed that this behavior is related to achieving sexual maturity but more study is needed.