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                        THOSE INTELLIGENT MONKEYS                            
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     What makes monkeys and apes so fascinating to us is that they often     
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remind us of someone we know, and we can see how intelligent they are        
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through their behavior.  All the smaller monkeys are less intelligent than   
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the larger monkeys or the great apes.  Among the animals that live on land,  
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monkeys and apes are probably the smartest.                                  
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     In an experiment, a baby chick, a puppy, and a young monkey were put    
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behind a wire gate  which had an opening at one end.  Food was put on the    
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other side of the gate - grain for the chick, meat for the dog, and a        
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banana for the monkey.  The chick just pecked and pushed at the wire.        
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The puppy pushed against the wire trying to get to the food, then just       
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stood there and whimpered.  After a few minutes it ran back and forth along  
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the wire, discovered  the opening by chance, and went through to eat its     
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food.  The young monkey acted very differently.  After one unsuccessful      
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try to reach the banana through the wire, he looked around, noticed the      
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opening, and went straight through to eat his reward.  The monkey had never  
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before been in such a situation.  He simply could think more intelligently   
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than the chick or the puppy.                                                 
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