Scott's Behavior Issues

Inbreeding. Seems the whole family's got the same problem.

[url]http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/17/ape.alarm.ap/index.html[/url]

Bonobo pulls alarm for attention -- again
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Panbanisha the bonobo is up to her tricks again.

For the second time in as many months, the ape triggered a fire alarm at the
Great Ape Trust of Iowa research center.

The trouble started Wednesday morning, when Panbanisha wanted to go outside
but the staff was too busy to let her out, trust officials said. Panbanisha
then apparently lost her temper and pulled the alarm, officials said.

It's a trick Panbanisha initially learned in October when she saw a welder
start the alarm. It took her less than a day to learn how to duplicate the
excitement.

When the alarm sounded the next morning, "I went to check on Pan, and she
was sitting there next to it with a smile on her face," lead scientist Sue
Savage-Rumbaugh said last month.

Savage-Rumbaugh said she explained the danger of such mischief and
Panbanisha promised not to do it again.

Panbanisha is one of seven bonobos at the Great Ape Trust. Bonobos are one
of the most human-like of the great apes and have sophisticated language
skills.

Trust officials said they will cover the alarms to prevent a third prank
from Panbanisha.

JoeSpareBedroom, 11/17/2006, 10:25:00 AM,
<gvk7h.5606$Ka1.4310@news01.roc.ny> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Savage-Rumbaugh said she explained the danger of such mischief and
> Panbanisha promised not to do it again.[/color]

It's amazing that people think you can reason with animals or small
children.

The first time I read it I thought her name was Savage-Limbaugh, LOL.
That would have been priceless.


JoeSpareBedroom wrote:[color=blue]
> Inbreeding. Seems the whole family's got the same problem.
>
> [url]http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/17/ape.alarm.ap/index.html[/url]
>
> Bonobo pulls alarm for attention -- again
> DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Panbanisha the bonobo is up to her tricks again.
>
> For the second time in as many months, the ape triggered a fire alarm at the
> Great Ape Trust of Iowa research center.
>
> The trouble started Wednesday morning, when Panbanisha wanted to go outside
> but the staff was too busy to let her out, trust officials said. Panbanisha
> then apparently lost her temper and pulled the alarm, officials said.
>
> It's a trick Panbanisha initially learned in October when she saw a welder
> start the alarm. It took her less than a day to learn how to duplicate the
> excitement.
>
> When the alarm sounded the next morning, "I went to check on Pan, and she
> was sitting there next to it with a smile on her face," lead scientist Sue
> Savage-Rumbaugh said last month.
>
> Savage-Rumbaugh said she explained the danger of such mischief and
> Panbanisha promised not to do it again.
>
> Panbanisha is one of seven bonobos at the Great Ape Trust. Bonobos are one
> of the most human-like of the great apes and have sophisticated language
> skills.
>
> Trust officials said they will cover the alarms to prevent a third prank
> from Panbanisha.[/color]