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Which of the great apes do you feel closest to?

Rambhutan
11-03-2009, 14:15
Genetically we are closest to chimpanzees, but to be honest when I look at an orang utan I get more of a sense of personality coming across.

So which do you feel are most like us?
Khadgar
11-03-2009, 14:21
Gorillas, unlike chimps they're not so stupid violent. Much calmer species.
Bokkiwokki
11-03-2009, 14:23
Cue the obligatory Bush-Chimp comparison pictures...
Ifreann
11-03-2009, 14:24
Yo momma
Der Teutoniker
11-03-2009, 14:29
Gorillas, unlike chimps they're not so stupid violent. Much calmer species.

If gorillas are not stupid or violent, how are they like humans? :tongue:
Khadgar
11-03-2009, 14:31
If they're not stupid or violent, how are they like humans? :tongue:

I feel closer to them, not which is closer to humans. Humans suck.
Der Teutoniker
11-03-2009, 14:32
I feel closer to them, not which is closer to humans. Humans suck.

You're right, my latent stupidity got in the way! :tongue:
Blouman Empire
11-03-2009, 14:33
Humans
Bokkiwokki
11-03-2009, 14:33
I feel closer to them, not which is closer to humans. Humans suck.

I feel closer to bacteria, mites, fungi... No, wait, I am closer to bacteria, mites, fungi... :tongue:
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
11-03-2009, 14:33
Gorillas eat their poop and vomit (and sometimes vomit up their poop after eating it to re-re-eat), so definitely they're our closest relatives.

EDIT: Or at least they're the closest relatives of the Japanese.
Extreme Ironing
11-03-2009, 15:32
My local library has an orang-utan working there, he's great at finding books, even when they're down some forgotten L-space row and on the 15th shelf up....
Ifreann
11-03-2009, 15:34
My local library has an orang-utan working there, he's great at finding books, even when they're down some forgotten L-space row and on the 15th shelf up....

Orang-utans are pretty good climbers.
Big Jim P
11-03-2009, 15:35
Yo momma

Damn, I was going to post "My mom":mad:
Ifreann
11-03-2009, 15:36
Damn, I was going to post "My mom":mad:

Ninja'd, bish.
Rambhutan
11-03-2009, 15:41
My local library has an orang-utan working there, he's great at finding books, even when they're down some forgotten L-space row and on the 15th shelf up....

As a Librarian maybe that is why I feel the connection...
Extreme Ironing
11-03-2009, 15:45
As a Librarian maybe that is why I feel the connection...

Do you ever have an urge to eat bananas? Or an interest in the arcane?


And I guess this thread has arrived after you read the similarly titled New Scientist article?
Truly Blessed
11-03-2009, 15:45
Chimps, and it is about time the start pulling their weight. Freeloaders.
Rambhutan
11-03-2009, 15:52
Do you ever have an urge to eat bananas? Or an interest in the arcane?


And I guess this thread has arrived after you read the similarly titled New Scientist article?

Yes to all three
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
11-03-2009, 16:01
Chimps, and it is about time the start pulling their weight. Freeloaders.
Get a job, you damn dirty ape!
Galloism
11-03-2009, 16:17
Cue the obligatory Bush-Chimp comparison pictures...

As requested.

http://priuschat.com/forums/members/lefat1-albums-political-picture467-bush-chimp.jpg
The Black Forrest
11-03-2009, 16:21
Cue the obligatory Bush-Chimp comparison pictures...

You shouldn't insult Chimpanzees.
The Black Forrest
11-03-2009, 16:25
Your question and poll contradict.

We are more like Chimpanzees but I kind of like Orangs. Got to hold a youngster once. :)
Free Soviets
11-03-2009, 16:34
bah, 'great' apes. gibbons and siamangs are where it's at.
Risottia
11-03-2009, 16:48
Gorillas, unlike chimps they're not so stupid violent. Much calmer species.

That's why I would like to be closer to a gorilla, and I fear that we humans are closer to chimpanzees instead.
G3N13
11-03-2009, 17:12
Why aren't Bonobos on the list? They're the closest relatives after all... :tongue:

And probably smarter (http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html) than people ;)


Regardless, I went with orangutans on the poll: Solitary but still more intelligent than absolutely necessary ;)
Call to power
11-03-2009, 18:09
Northerners

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3487/chav5.jpg

*wants those boxers*

Gorillas eat their poop and vomit (and sometimes vomit up their poop after eating it to re-re-eat), so definitely they're our closest relatives.

2 species 1 jungle

bah, 'great' apes. gibbons and siamangs are where it's at.

you do know they have a horrible habit of climbing up transmission towers right? :wink:
Knights of Liberty
11-03-2009, 20:38
Gorillas, unlike chimps they're not so stupid violent. Much calmer species.

And this makes us like Gorillas in what way?:p
The Black Forrest
11-03-2009, 20:44
Gorillas, unlike chimps they're not so stupid violent. Much calmer species.

Infanticide is not violent?
Conserative Morality
11-03-2009, 20:45
I prefer dogs to monkeys. I feel closer to dogs than I do monkeys and apes.
Truly Blessed
11-03-2009, 21:03
Put them in a business suit and you probably would even notice one sitting next to you on the train. Give them a newspaper and a cup of coffee from Starbucks.
Pope Joan
11-03-2009, 22:03
that chimp ripped off a lady's face last week?

seriously, she needed a total face transplant.

i could see myself playing such a role.:)
Querinos
11-03-2009, 22:43
Well I would have said the Bonobo Chimpanzee sub-group, but Orangutans would explain the existance of Gingers better.
Ifreann
11-03-2009, 22:50
Northerners

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3487/chav5.jpg

*wants those boxers*

I'm scared of where they're been.
Big Jim P
11-03-2009, 22:53
I'm scared of where they're been.

I am more afraid of what's been there. Yikes!:eek:
Ifreann
11-03-2009, 22:56
I am more afraid of what's been there. Yikes!:eek:

Yeah, that too. They shine is because they're coated in the ejaculate of every other northerner in the building.
NERVUN
12-03-2009, 00:12
My son's hair seems to have been inherited from orangutans given that it sticks straight up. Given his attempts to taste everything and climb everything as well, I have to say that I'm probably living with an orangutan and feel rather close to him. ;)
Yootopia
12-03-2009, 00:13
Gorillas because they are chilled but funny.
Ryadn
12-03-2009, 02:14
I refuse to vote on the grounds that you left out bonobos, the greatest apes of all.

EDIT: And they're not a sub-species. Damn that lingering "pygmy" nickname!
greed and death
12-03-2009, 02:18
where is the GW bush option ?
Chumblywumbly
12-03-2009, 02:30
Bonobos have always intrigued me.

I just like their centre-parting.


Northerners

<piccy snip>
That is an unfortunate photo.
Sparkelle
12-03-2009, 02:49
Can't say I spend much time looking at non human primates
CthulhuFhtagn
12-03-2009, 04:08
Ook.
Sarkhaan
12-03-2009, 05:35
Yo momma
Oh, snap.

You're right, my latent stupidity got in the way! :tongue:

...latent? :p
Dakini
12-03-2009, 06:25
bonobos.
Zombie PotatoHeads
12-03-2009, 06:50
bonobos.
you wish. I had a flatmate at college who could definitely relate to being a bonobo. The guy was a total slut. It wasn't pretty.

As for me: mountain gorilla. I can pull the same 'generally just annoyed at everything' face that they do so well.
Anti-Social Darwinism
12-03-2009, 07:10
Gorillas, unlike chimps they're not so stupid violent. Much calmer species.

I you're claiming that we're less stupidly violent than chimps, you're way off track. We just have better technology.

Of the chimps, the bonobos are the most like us in their expression of sexuality.

http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html
Rambhutan
12-03-2009, 10:25
Okay sorry everybody about the lack of bonobo in the poll - is it possible to edit polls?
Cameroi
12-03-2009, 12:39
i actually feel closer to prosimians such as limurs, and or nonprimate predicessors to sintient people on other worlds (especially worlds where the dominent sentients are decended from large green furred cats). also several, very smart and possibly even wise, not even pro simian life forms on this planet, such as red pandas, coyote, wolf, fishing cat, and again their e.t. equivelant.
Bottle
12-03-2009, 12:41
Orangutans, as you say, have such personality. Maybe that's just my imagination, maybe it's just how their facial bones are arranged or something, but I've always felt like orangutans are more expressive and...I don't know...soulful?

Plus they're orange, which, like, AWESOME!
Gift-of-god
12-03-2009, 15:23
Bonobos, obviously, because I'm a slut.
Wanderjar
12-03-2009, 16:15
May I propose a motion to add Lunatic Goofballs to the poll?
The Free Priesthood
12-03-2009, 18:24
The behavior of chimpanzees is more similar to that of humans than the behavior of the other apes is. Bonobos are admirable, but possibly the least like us.

As for which one I personally feel closest to... that would have to be the yeti. I'm not seen very often, and people doubt my existence.
Megaloria
12-03-2009, 18:25
Donkey Kong, since he wears a tie.
Call to power
12-03-2009, 18:38
I change my vote to Doctor Zaius (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgl22q1pQ78&feature=related)

SNIP

SNIP

SNIP

stuck up gits the lot of you :tongue:

As for which one I personally feel closest to... that would have to be the yeti. I'm not seen very often, and people doubt my existence.

you run around the woods naked trying to copulate with woodsmen?

Donkey Kong, since he wears a tie.

you mean

oh noez *is barreled*
Hydesland
12-03-2009, 18:43
Donkey Kong
The Free Priesthood
12-03-2009, 18:45
you run around the woods naked trying to copulate with woodsmen?

I think lumberjacks are okay *nod*