Comments on: The Life of an Ape http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/ Homesteading, Life as Art, Creation instead of Consumption, Beauty Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:07:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Sarah http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-2110 Sarah Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:49:46 +0000 http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-2110 hey this is off topic but idk where else to ask you. I saw you posted a animal rights tattoo (the half a human hand and half a paw together) and I was wondering if that was your tattoo and if it wasn't, then then whose because I want to get one like that, just a little different, but I guess I'd like to make sure it'd be ok with the creator of it. please email me: surr_uh@hotmail.com the last thing i want is to post it somewhere and someone thinking i stole their idea without asking. thanks! hey this is off topic but idk where else to ask you. I saw you posted a animal rights tattoo (the half a human hand and half a paw together) and I was wondering if that was your tattoo and if it wasn’t, then then whose because I want to get one like that, just a little different, but I guess I’d like to make sure it’d be ok with the creator of it.
please email me: surr_uh@hotmail.com
the last thing i want is to post it somewhere and someone thinking i stole their idea without asking.
thanks!

]]> By: RachelG http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-1767 RachelG Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:03:47 +0000 http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-1767 Shannon... I was honored enough to spend one hour with one of the few families left (in the world!) of mountain gorillas in Uganda. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. They share 98% of our DNA and it is completely evident by observing their behaviour. Due to their endangered status no reputable zoo in the world would keep them in captivity, however when I see Western Lowland Gorillas and other apes in zoos and the such it brings a deep pain to my soul. Human beings still have soo much to learn as a species... We can be so wise in some aspects, and so ignorant in others. Email me if you're interested in hearing more about them or discussing this! Shannon…

I was honored enough to spend one hour with one of the few families left (in the world!) of mountain gorillas in Uganda. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. They share 98% of our DNA and it is completely evident by observing their behaviour.

Due to their endangered status no reputable zoo in the world would keep them in captivity, however when I see Western Lowland Gorillas and other apes in zoos and the such it brings a deep pain to my soul. Human beings still have soo much to learn as a species… We can be so wise in some aspects, and so ignorant in others.

Email me if you’re interested in hearing more about them or discussing this!

]]> By: oniana http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-803 oniana Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:50:36 +0000 http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-803 have you read adams' "last chance to see"? brilliant fun times with kimodo dragons have you read adams’ “last chance to see”? brilliant fun times with kimodo dragons

]]> By: Emily Feldman http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-390 Emily Feldman Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:57:47 +0000 http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-390 That's why i'm a vegan That’s why i’m a vegan

]]> By: Brandon Danger http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-229 Brandon Danger Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:21:37 +0000 http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-229 This whole thing reminds me of "Ishmael". An amazing book indeed and highly relevent in this blog as it is about the lessons learned by a highly self educated gorilla. It never learned to speak as it lacked the capacity, so it learned telepathy. Also it's arguments for primitivism (or at least a significantly reduced eco footprint) are pretty rad as well. As far as primates capacity for speech... How many have grown up learning a language? The answer is likely none, which means that their capacity for language is pretty much untested. Feral children that learn their first language later in life never achieve as firm a grasp on it as those who learn them young. The brain just doesn't work the same later in most cases. I'd say that most primatologists are probably still speciest, in that they likely still see the animals as "lesser" than people. Besides, from the perspective of either an animal or person cloer to a more hunter gatherer way of life, living in the preset is whats important far more so than the future. This whole thing reminds me of “Ishmael”. An amazing book indeed and highly relevent in this blog as it is about the lessons learned by a highly self educated gorilla. It never learned to speak as it lacked the capacity, so it learned telepathy.
Also it’s arguments for primitivism (or at least a significantly reduced eco footprint) are pretty rad as well.
As far as primates capacity for speech… How many have grown up learning a language? The answer is likely none, which means that their capacity for language is pretty much untested. Feral children that learn their first language later in life never achieve as firm a grasp on it as those who learn them young. The brain just doesn’t work the same later in most cases.
I’d say that most primatologists are probably still speciest, in that they likely still see the animals as “lesser” than people.
Besides, from the perspective of either an animal or person cloer to a more hunter gatherer way of life, living in the preset is whats important far more so than the future.

]]> By: gayle http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-209 gayle Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:36:26 +0000 http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-209 The concept of personhood is what ethicists use to differentiate between morally relevant and irrelevant beings, but the idea has been so abstracted and seperated from actual beings that the idea would include sets of non human animals and exclude sets of human beings and becomes self contradictory to the purpose of which it was originally conceived. wouldn't it be more fair to not base our treatment of all other beings on their membership or non-membership to an arbitrary group called the morally relevant, and instead treat them as being the same thing we all are; conscious beings experiencing their one glimpse of life? The concept of personhood is what ethicists use to differentiate between morally relevant and irrelevant beings, but the idea has been so abstracted and seperated from actual beings that the idea would include sets of non human animals and exclude sets of human beings and becomes self contradictory to the purpose of which it was originally conceived. wouldn’t it be more fair to not base our treatment of all other beings on their membership or non-membership to an arbitrary group called the morally relevant, and instead treat them as being the same thing we all are; conscious beings experiencing their one glimpse of life?

]]> By: MetalMelter http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-202 MetalMelter Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:22:05 +0000 http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-202 Aside from humans, apes are one of if not the only other animal that will give its own life in the defense of another. I have always been fascinated by the intelligence of some of the higher thinking creatures- there's a whole undiscovered world out there, waiting for us to slow down- listen= and find it. Aside from humans, apes are one of if not the only other animal that will give its own life in the defense of another. I have always been fascinated by the intelligence of some of the higher thinking creatures- there’s a whole undiscovered world out there, waiting for us to slow down- listen= and find it.

]]> By: Paula http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-189 Paula Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:55:02 +0000 http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-189 There's a reason why i'm a zoologist (and no i don't ever intend to work in a zoo) It's because i've realised that animals are much more intelligent than humans and i would prefer to spend my days surrounded by them rather than people There’s a reason why i’m a zoologist (and no i don’t ever intend to work in a zoo) It’s because i’ve realised that animals are much more intelligent than humans and i would prefer to spend my days surrounded by them rather than people

]]> By: ELY_M http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-176 ELY_M Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:25:42 +0000 http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-176 Im shocked about your arrest :( do you think you will beat those fake charges? Do you know sign language? I seen one of t-shirt with sign language at bme. I was wondering who designed the t-shirt? Im shocked about your arrest :(
do you think you will beat those fake charges?

Do you know sign language?
I seen one of t-shirt with sign language at bme.
I was wondering who designed the t-shirt?

]]> By: Jennica http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-168 Jennica Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:59:51 +0000 http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2007/10/08/the-life-of-an-ape/#comment-168 despite the possibility of a frown when thinking of imprisonment, on many levels, it is a lovely picture :) despite the possibility of a frown when thinking of imprisonment, on many levels, it is a lovely picture :)

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