Monkeys Say Ahhhh ...

TOKYO (AFP) – Thai monkeys have been observed showing their young how to floss -- proof primates teach offspring to use tools, a Japanese researcher said Wednesday.

"I was surprised because teaching techniques on using tools properly to a third party are said to be an activity carried out only by humans," Professor Nobuo Masataka of Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute told AFP.

His research team observed seven female long-tailed macaques and their offspring and monitored how often the mothers cleaned the spaces between their teeth with strands of human hair, in a colony of 250 animals near Bangkok.

The study found that the frequency of teeth-cleaning roughly doubled and became more elaborate when the infant monkeys were watching, suggesting that the females were deliberately teaching their young how to floss, he said.

"The study is still at the hypothesis stage," Masataka cautioned. "We would like to shift our focus to the baby monkeys to check whether the mothers' actions are effectively helping them learn how to clean their teeth." ... so they can eat our faces ...

Ok, so I added that last little bit, but seriously here. Why aren't we asking the following questions:

-How did the monkey's get human hair to floss with in the first place ...

and

-How if the monkey mom's can teach their young to floss, they can damn well teach their young how to pop caps in yo ass and take your hair ...

Hey Dr. NobuaMasagonnatakeoneintheassfromamonkey ... how about you Hypothesize how to stop the monkey's from teaching one another how to rise up and dominate the humans. Do ya think they'll forget the dinner in 'Temple of Doom' when the day of reckoning comes? I bet they just love Japanese ...