It's The Planet of the Apes, I Tell You

[vaskidmark]

Bonobo makes fire from scratch, toasts marsmallows, burns mouth.  (There's a video, too.)

Next thing you know they will be smelting metal and manufacturing weapons.

We're doomed!  Doomed, I say.

I suppose I ought to get in line to welcome our new simian overlords.

stay safe.

http://www.aol.com/article/2014/04/21/ape-builds-fire-and-toasts-marshmallows-in-amazing-bbc-video/20872841/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl8%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D467268

Bonobo Kanzi Makes Campfires
***EXCLUSIVE*** DES MOINES, IA - NOVEMBER 11: Kanzi, 31, opens his backpack to get the tools needed to make fire on November 11, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa. It was a pivotal moment in history that separated man from other primates. Over a million years ago humankind began to conquer its fear of fire and use it as a tool. But now one special ape - a 31-year-old bonobo chimpanzee called Kanzi at the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa - is showing us just how close we really are. Astonishingly the male chimp's favourite things to do is make campfires. PHOTOGRAPH BY Laurentiu Garofeanu/ Barcroft USA /Barcoft Media via Getty Images


Kanzim a 31-year-old bonobo chimpanzee, is already well known for his remarkable abilities to read symbols and understand novel sentences. Now, he's demonstrating his intelligence by actually building a fire from scratch (well, almost). Once the fire is going, he gently pushes marshmallows onto a stick and chows down on the delicious snack.

"It was a pivotal moment in history that separated man from other primates," Barcroft explains in a photo caption. "Over a million years ago humankind began to conquer its fear of fire and use it as a tool. But now one special ape ... at the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa - is showing us just how close we really are."

The only thing he has yet to master is the whole wait-a-second-before-the-treats-cool-down thing ... but then again, most humans could use a lesson in that, too.[.quote]

[RoadKingLarry]

At the risk of getting this moved to politics...

Kanzim for President!
At least he's demonstrated he can actually do something.

[TommyGunn]

   Monkeying around with primates never ends well.......

[charby]

 Monkeying around with primates never ends well.......

and Iowa burns





unembiggenated that holy crap on a cracker sized picture. but big images of fire are supposed to be scary!

[KD5NRH]

Bonobo makes fire from scratch, toasts marsmallows, burns mouth.

Meh.  Monkey used a match.

Now, if he calls down fire from heaven, or builds a nuclear reactor from old smoke detectors and a microwave oven to toast his marshmallows, then we'll have something.

[Brad Johnson]

When the monkey can use Win8, I'll become a believer.  (On second thought, it seems like monkeys designed it so the concept might not be all that far-fetched...)

Brad