This story freaks me out. So this orangutan adopts a dog, takes him on walks and swims with him (the orangutan wears a life-preserver in the picture, so it doesn’t settle whether apes can’t float). I don’t know when was the last time I took my dog swimming. If an orangutan did that with my dog, I bet she’d end up liking the monkey better than me.
What if man’s best friend becomes apes best friend? We’d lose our closest ally in the animal kingdom and we’d be screwed. If you see your dog hanging out with a monkey, you put an end to that immediately. Bad dog!
BTW, the story states that “It was unusual because dogs are usually scared of primates.” In my experience, every time I’ve seen a dog encounter a primate, they get freaky happy.
I have four dogs. I suspect they would like monkeys. Monkeys throw poo. It is my experience dogs think poo, especially some other critter’s poo, is a yummy treat.
Perhaps the mokeys KNOW this and are actively attempting to steal away Man’s Best Friend?
To quote Niemoller: “The monkeys came for the dogs, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a dog…”
I think we all knew that this day would come. I say we ally ourselves with poisonous snakes.
barack o’vomit
Well I myself find that the authors stance on monkey / dogs relationships to reek of specism. I beleive in the freedom to chose and diversity. And if a dog wants to hang out with a monkey thats the dogs personal business…… of course I wouldn’t let MY pup hang out with a monkey… But its OK to make the rest of you allow it……
(note: this post was part of my ongong bid to not be placed in a re-education camp later this year for being too “right-wing” (even though I dont know how anyone could be too right wing)
Did I say that last part out loud?
I know a certain Bass-Eagle that would not only eat the orangutan’s poo, he’d then sit in their lap and lick their face. Then he’d expect to lick mine afterwards. Huh-uh.
(He eats his own poo and then tries to lick my face but I turn away and he knows why. And no, he’s not MY dog. My dog would never eat poo because he’s too refined. But no, I don’t have a dog, either… oh crap.)
Fraaank, Jimmy’s off his medication!
I’m proud to say my dog would never consort with dirty monkeys.
Help I think my dog is a Liberal. He is loyal to whoever will feed him. Oh and I had him neutered too.
And MarkoMancuso we are in this trouble because we did align ourselves with a poisonous snake. “Hath God not said…”
Okay, okay, you win, Pastor.
We’ll ally with ourselves with birds and sharks. We will dominate the land, sea, and the air!
All of you are… are…. damned interspeciests! Im off to start a group to combat the spread of interspecieism, in order to keep our species clean! I dont know about you guys but I WILL NOT HAVE a MONKEY IN THE WOODPILE!
We will dominate the land, sea, and the air!
But…but…but…doesn’t the US Armed Forces already have that covered?
This is presuming a world where the U.S. military has been overrun by budget cuts and lemurs.
I’d be afraid the ape would rip the dog’s lips off.
In my experience, every time I’ve seen a dog encounter a primate, they get freaky happy.
You can easily change your experience. Wear a hat, and stand up straight. Dogs hate that. Wearing sunglasses is also a good way to have dogs hate you. I’m quite knowledgeable about this. Dogs hate me.
This amounts to a very serious rift in the animal kingdom. Calling all zooooologists and behavioral psychoooologists. Bring med’s.
The orangutan was ‘toddler’ age for orangutans by the looks of it. Still strong enough to rip off appendages, but not mean yet.When that ape hits puberty, poor dog is dead meat. This is clearly an eco-lib ‘let’s manipulate their emotions’ story. I find it eerily similar to the ‘I love the Red House’ commercial.