I can't make this fit in another thread, so...

Scientists Successfully Teach Gorilla It Will Die Someday

http://www.theonion.c...

These people are sick and ought to charged with animal cruelty. They take this perfectly happy ape "Quigley", and make him depressed and possibly an alcoholic??? I wonder when they'll joyfully announce that Quigley has converted to Roman Catholicism?

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These people are sick and ought to charged with animal cruelty. They take this perfectly happy ape "Quigley", and make him depressed and possibly an alcoholic??? I wonder when they'll joyfully announce that Quigley has converted to Roman Catholicism?

The negative worldview is such a central part of Christianity (and probably other religions as well). Nothing can ever improve in life because men are flawed. But when you cite increased longevity, decreased child mortality, or the fact that slavery is abhorrent to most people today you get...nothing in response.

The monkey is cute though. Has anyone noticed that gorillas, formerly treated as savage brutes, often seem quieter and calmer than our close relatives the chimps? I wonder why, assuming my observation is correct.

I would note that gorillas behave better than many humans I can think of.

That was the Onion News Network....which only shows fake news. Love their stuff but you guys may have taken it a bit to heart. The fear of gorillas is that they could crush us into little pretzels with out effort. They are very territorial. That is why the local zoo has 3 pairs that must be separated at all times so they don't fight.

Interesting. I do know that their favorite wrestlemania move is the overhand blow, and that men's skeletons are also very well suited to delivering that (women less so).

That really makes me sick. I turned it off when the scientist starting telling the rabbits they were going to die. What can the human race possibly gain from mind screwing another species? The first and foremost desire of any species is to survive. What makes these people think other species don't understand the desire to survive which in turn shows the understanding of death? The second order of existence in any species is to procreate. Just because other species don't speak human language doesn't mean they don't have the natural understanding of surviving and making more of themselves in order to prolong their species after they are gone. Why would species evolve to survive changes in their environment if they didn't understand they would die if they didn't adapt? This "scientist" was happy he caused the gorilla to have an emotional breakdown. What an asshole. I'd like to see some research about how the scientist would feel if the gorilla shoved red, green and blue blocks up his ass.

The Onion is 100% fake news. One of my favorites, albeit unrelated to atheism: http://www.theonion.c...

OKay, now I feel kinda of stupid. It seemed to bizarre to be true, so it was.