Monkey walks upright after near death experience

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A young black macaque named Natasha at an Israeli zoo has begun walking exclusively on her hind legs after recovering from a near-death experience due to a stomach ailment. This unusual behavior sparked humorous speculation about the evolutionary implications of bipedalism in humans. Participants in the discussion made light-hearted comments about the monkey's posture, suggesting it might be better than that of some humans, and joked about potential causes like acid reflux. The conversation blended humor with curiosity about animal behavior and its connections to human evolution.
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I didn't know if I should post this is S&D, Biology, or Philosophy, so, since I couldn't resist the title, here we go for fun.

JERUSALEM - A young monkey at an Israeli zoo has started walking on its hind legs only — aping humans — after a near death experience, the zoo's veterinarian said Wednesday.

Natasha, a 5-year-old black macaque at the Safari Park near Tel Aviv, began walking exclusively on her hind legs after a stomach ailment nearly killed her, zookeepers said. [continued]

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must be that damn evolution thing again ...
 
Maybe she gets heartburn when walking on all fours :-p
 
Hmm monkey buisiness.

Have we by accident discovered why humans started to walk as we do today? :surprise: :biggrin:
 
Ivan Seeking said:
...since Natasha knows sign language, when asked to draw what she saw, she drew a bright light filled with other spirit monkeys at the end of a long dark tunnel...
:smile: :smile:

Wow, she has great posture, better than some humans!
 
That's because monkeys don't use computers :smile:
 
Monique said:
That's because monkeys don't use computers :smile:

hehehe... so true :biggrin:
 
hey, posture is reletive!
 
Monique said:
Maybe she gets heartburn when walking on all fours :-p

Yeah, it's just acid reflux disease. Give her some Pepcid AC, and she'll be dragging her knuckles around again in no time. :smile:
 
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Tom Mattson said:
Yeah, it's just acid reflux disease. Give her some Pepcid AC, and she'll be dragging her knuckles around again in no time. :smile:

That always does it for me. I'll take knuckle dragging over reflux any day.
 
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That's not to say that I would drag my knuckles over reflux. I didn't mean to give that impression.
 

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