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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: average joe who wrote (155245)2/19/2009 5:06:43 PM
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Sorry to hear that, it must be tough on the people who have to put the pieces of their lives back together.

I've always thought owning a monkey seemed kind of weird. Its somewhere between a master/slave relationship and a pet relationship. Not exactly one or the other. Leave the poor things alone, or go hang out with them on their turf if you want to know more about them, like Goodall did.

It's easy for me to understand why a chimp would attack a human. They are much stronger and socially much more aggressive. They are capable of feeling frustration and we put them in a situation of answering to us. The obvious answer in any frustrating situation would be one of aggression.

I'm surprised there are any who succeed in a pet relationship. The question I ask is not 'why do they attack?' it is 'why not?' Apparently there are some of these pet situations that work out but they seem more like an animal trainer than true pet owner situation.
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