I wonder if we should show them how to write software?
Give them a way to transmit video tutorials to other gorilla's, skip writing.
Gorilla Youngsters Seen Dismantling Poachers’ Traps (2012)
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#23I wonder if we should show them how to write software?
Based on the quality of some code bases I suspect that we passed that point long ago.
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#24> "No we can't teach them," she said. "We try as much as we can to not interfere with the gorillas. We don't want to affect their natural behavior." Tsk. Like the Prime Directive but in the real world. Well, isn't it the natural behaviour of gorillas to learn? If they can learn by observing humans, without the humans specifically intending it, then what's so different, or unethical, if it's done with intent? I think…
I feel that if any human was found to be teaching gorillas how to do human things, they would ultimately suffer punishment like Prometheus who taught humans how to use the fire of the gods.
Do you think the center has a trained eagle?
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#25So,is present time the another Neanderthal moment in our history?
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#26>Bush-meat hunters set thousands of rope-and-branch snares in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, where the mountain gorillas live. The traps are intended for antelope and other species but sometimes capture the apes.
>The hunters, Vecellio said, seem to have no interest in the gorillas. Even small apes, which would be relatively easy to carry away for sale, are left to die.
Pretty misleading for the title to blame poachers then, isn't it?
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
A gorilla doesn't need a tool to kill a person - have you ever seen a gorilla?
The problem here is that poachers could have guns, so even though gorillas are extremely strong, and a gorilla with a knife is a scary prospect close-up, a poacher with a gun wouldn't have much problem killing the gorilla. The solution is simple: give guns to gorillas and teach them to shoot them. Now we'll have gorilla warfare...
"Well, first we had the right to arm bears, and then everyone said that wasn't fair. Now we're arming gorillas, too!"
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#28> "No we can't teach them," she said. "We try as much as we can to not interfere with the gorillas. We don't want to affect their natural behavior." Tsk. Like the Prime Directive but in the real world. Well, isn't it the natural behaviour of gorillas to learn? If they can learn by observing humans, without the humans specifically intending it, then what's so different, or unethical, if it's done with intent? I think…
I feel that if any human was found to be teaching gorillas how to do human things, they would ultimately suffer punishment like Prometheus who taught humans how to use the fire of the gods.
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#29>Bush-meat hunters set thousands of rope-and-branch snares in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, where the mountain gorillas live. The traps are intended for antelope and other species but sometimes capture the apes. >The hunters, Vecellio said, seem to have no interest in the gorillas. Even small apes, which would be relatively easy to carry away for sale, are left to die. Pretty misleading for the title to blame poa…
Considering it's a national park, hunting antelope is probably also considered poaching.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
A gorilla doesn't need a tool to kill a person - have you ever seen a gorilla?
The problem here is that poachers could have guns, so even though gorillas are extremely strong, and a gorilla with a knife is a scary prospect close-up, a poacher with a gun wouldn't have much problem killing the gorilla. The solution is simple: give guns to gorillas and teach them to shoot them. Now we'll have gorilla warfare...
I feel like apes with guns doesn't lead anywhere good. I saw a documentary about that somewhere.