Baboons walk in line for friendship, not survival, new study finds (phys.org)

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[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

"These are the same jawas that sold us R2 and 3PO..."

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Baboons also beat the shit out of their females if they stray.

[-] solo@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago

Here is a very interesting story about baboons in less than 4 minutes.

Dr Robert Sapolsky and the Keekorok Baboon Troop

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Interesting that they were able to adapt. It's controversial to have females set the standards for us human primates though, but like most women would say, we would have less wars if women were I charge. Thanks for the insightful video.

[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

And they vote maga.

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I was gonna say us humans are not far off.

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