2006-08-11 22:45:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hahahahaha...I would be if I were them!
It reminds me of this old blues song (which was later covered by Elvis Costello, I think) called "The Monkey Speaks His Mind". It's a pretty funny song about 3 monkeys who are all offended that man is related to them. Check it out:
"The monkey speaks his mind
And three monkeys sat in a coconut tree
Discussing things as they are said to be
Said one to others now listen, you two
There’s a certain rumour that just can’t be true
That man descended from our noble race
Why, the very idea is a big disgrace, yea
No monkey ever deserted his wife
Starved her baby and ruined her life
Yea, the monkey speaks his mind
And you’ve never known a mother monk
To leave her babies with others to bunk
And passed them on from one to another
‘Til they scarcely knew which was their mother
Yea, the monkey speak his mind
And another thing you will never see
A monkey build a fence around a coconut tree
And let all the coconuts go to waste
Forbidding other monkeys to come and taste
Why, if I put a fence around this tree
Starvation would force you to steal from me
Yea, the monkey speaks his mind
Here’s another thing a monkey won’t do
Go out on a night and get all in a stew
Or use a gun or a club or a knife
And take another monkey’s life
Yes, man descended, the worthless bum
But, brothers, from us he did not come
Yea, the monkey speaks his mind
Yea, now the monkey speaks his mind"
2006-08-11 22:56:25 · answer #1 · answered by The Man In The Box 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Given the behavior of the human race, I'd say there's not a monkey alive that would want to claim that evolution is true. Of course, the behavior of lower primates probably explains a lot of people...
2006-08-12 06:53:45 · answer #2 · answered by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You do ask interesting questions. Please stay off your meds. Well, if it comes to gorilla warfare, they have the advantage. When the chimps are down, the primates will come through. Don't monkey around with evolution.
2006-08-12 08:06:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We just share a common ancestor with them...they should be proud, not offended, that they didn't evolve into a creature that starts wars with each other. Maybe Gorillas will learn to speak verbally one day and they can tell us all about how they keep their societies relatively peaceful...or maybe they'll go to war with us; time can only tell.
2006-08-12 05:57:13 · answer #4 · answered by laetusatheos 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If I were a monkey, I would be ashamed of my bald cousins.
But they shouldn't be offended by evolution. After all, it was evolution that brought them as far as they have come. That's pretty good, as I see it.
2006-08-12 05:49:27 · answer #5 · answered by XYZ 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
In a way yes since evolution has yet not given them the opportunity to improve which we have.
2006-08-12 05:48:36 · answer #6 · answered by lahirisoumitra 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
man evolved from that class of being, ape family. Man has choice but monkeys(ape) has no choice. Thats the main diff btw them
2006-08-12 05:52:04 · answer #7 · answered by Celestine N 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It'd be funny if all of a sudden, animals revolted and beat the crap out of us, actually giving how most people feel they are just below us.
2006-08-12 06:41:13 · answer #8 · answered by MetaKnight 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, no, since we didn't evolve from monkeys or even any of the living primates today. we just have a common ancestor.
2006-08-12 05:48:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's Offensive to me that i'm in the same species as Al Gore.
2006-08-12 05:55:55 · answer #10 · answered by jiggliemon 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋