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Monkey See, Monkey Do

11/22/2012

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Lolita wants what Connor's having.
      Lolita wanted the pacifier in Connor's mouth simply because she saw him sucking on it.  She came up, held onto his hand, and begged (pictured).  She had no idea what it was, and when she got it and put it in her mouth she looked disappointed and dropped it.
      This evening we were playing cards and I noticed Lolita sucking on the end of her tail, so I gave her a pacifier of her own.  She acted like I'd put a snake in the cage.  She screamed at it, rattled her plastic chains, and then clung to the top of the cage with all five limbs.  Eventually she summoned enough courage to approach the pacifier, flick it with her hand, and leap backwards.  It wasn't until our cheeks started to hurt from laughing that I "saved her" and we finished the card game.
     So it was definitely a case of monkey see, monkey do.
    More interesting, perhaps, is the fact that Connor's parents and grandparents (us)  saw nothing wrong with allowing him to play with, and share his pacifier with, a monkey.  Even though he's been drinking bottled water because the pediatrician recommended caution...

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Jennifer link
11/22/2012 08:27:29 pm

What wonderful memories for all of you!

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    Michele Gawenka 

       Jane Goodall has always been my hero, and working with primates an aspiration.  Africa wasn't in the cards the summer I turned 16, when my parents offered to send me to volunteer,  and there was only one class (in physical anthro-pology) when I wanted to study primatology in college.  
         Decades later my husband and I retired in Costa Rica, and this is our journey with spider (and howler) monkeys. 

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