and chanting noises of course we're talking about monkeys they are one of the most intelligent
beings on earth and share more than 98 of their genes with humans monkeys being our evolutionary
forefathers explains why humans can sometimes act like monkeys but it's always more interesting to
see monkeys exhibiting human behavior here are 10 times monkeys acted like humans keep watching
till the very end as you will not believe what that monkey did number ten orangutan asking for
a banana is it just me or orangutans the wise chubby big friends of the forest who don't say
much but are the smartest ones to take advice from no just me anyways in our first video we
have our friend the orangutan communicating in the language of the gods his clever hand gestures are
eerily similar to what humans do when they ask for something he gestures the human across the gap to
hand over the banana although it looks more like he's the king asking for what the visitors have
brought for his highness his majesty also appears to be very sophisticated as he doesn't litter in
his cage and promptly returns the peel however what happens afterwards is proper human behavior
when our giant orange friend finds out the treats are over it makes its disappointment properly
known to his human visitor by hurling rocks at him or maybe it was just returning the favor
with rocks number nine monkey scrolling through social media like a boss the internet is currently
in love with the video of a chimpanzee scrolling through an instagram feed because we love when
animals do things that humans do do you think a monkey can use a touchscreen smartphone well
this one can a chimpanzee can be seen operating a mobile phone with astounding confidence he scrolls
through his human friends instagram feed and gallery casually pausing to see videos and photos
he probably has faster technology learning than most boomers as he opens his owner's gallery he
stumbles upon a video of himself with his owner when he was younger you can see the chimp takes
a pause to watch the complete video he seems a bit nostalgic leaving us with a few questions
do you think monkeys are as smart as we are let us know in the comments down below
number eight monkey uses a vending machine in this video an adorable capuchin is seen trying
to use a vending machine the little guy excitedly climbs aboard the stool to access the coin outlet
he dually feeds the vending machine two coins the next part is the most relatable the monkey
is clearly in the mood for a drink and he needs a fast he resorts to instinctive slapping as the
machine tests his patience finally after a few seconds of corrective punishment the machine
gives up and the capuchin gets his fresh drink did you know that monkeys understand barter
trade this explains the capuchin's confidence the takeaway message from this video is twofold one
never be afraid to try to learn and two everything is fair in love for liquor number seven
monkey owns the ping pong game if you played ping pong before you know how much practice it
takes to really hit it off with the game well this monkey appears to be geared up for a game
with a human competitor the monkey starts off well scoring a point in the beginning
the human was not playing exquisitely well but we give the monkey credit he knows the game he
knows the moves the ape is confident as he doesn't budge from his position and plays on the offensive
it goes on to show that with good practice nothing is impossible even playing mini tennis with a
different advanced species my pick for today is probably the most artistic monkey out there
that being number six brent
brent is a chimpanzee who retired from the entertainment industry and medical research unlike
other retired chimps brent has a hidden talent to put it into perspective he is the picasso of the
ape world he lives in louisiana in a sanctuary called chimp haven where he spends most of his
time playing with colors and painting brent is no ordinary painter either he has a peculiar style
of painting where he uses his tongue to color the canvas his artistic talent has won him many prizes
including a ten thousand dollar prize in 2013 at the age of 39. not only does this chimp live the
dream but his dream earns his fellow brothers a sustained sanctuary truly wholesome isn't it
number five monkey fires an ak-47 this clip gives a whole new concept to guerrilla warfare the video
shows a group of armed african soldiers goofing around with an ape until one of them thinks it'd
be a good idea to hand the ape a loaded weapon in a sassy move that takes the soldiers by surprise
the ape starts firing the ak the ape seems pretty confident in operating the soviet assault rifle
as he takes control of the situation on the ground the burst of bullets from the rifle makes the
soldiers jump here and there who is the monkey now if you're a fan of the planet of the apes series
you must be having a blast watching this one more unexpectedly the power pose at the end makes you
cheer for the clever monkey number four or sultan appropriately named for his personality sultan
which means leader in urdu was a chimpanzee used in psychological experiments by the late
psychologist kohler sultan and his teammates were used in a series of experiments designed
to find out the approach monkey brains takes while solving problems up until then monkeys
were believed to learn only from trial and error strategy sultan helped kohler prove otherwise as
his advanced problem-solving strategies dazzled his experimenters in one experiment sultan piled
up crates lying around and used a stick to get a hold of bananas hanging from the ceiling although
his peers showed similar results sultan's almost human-like thinking impressed kohler the most
here's a trophy for making it this far in the video number three austin the monkey genius
in the 1970s scientists in the u.s performed various language and cognition based tests as
part of the lana project austin was part of the later experiments designed to understand
the social function of language he was one of the pair of pygmy chimpanzees the experiment was being
conducted on the other being his buddy sherman the two chimps reportedly understood spoken english
and used abstract code to communicate with each other how cool is that william hopkins
a primatologist said that austin was one of the smartest chimps he'd come across
if you're an ape fan and you know about the monkey who used a computer screen and
a flashlight to explore his mouth yes that was austin number two kanzi the linguist chimp kanzi
is a chimp who was part of the great ape language experiment according to one primatologist he
had an exceptional language aptitude kanti was reported to have a vocabulary of 5 000
words and usually used around 500. the unique thing about kanzi is that he was the young when
he was brought into the lab with his mother not only that he learned to use words as a third party
from the trials on her mother kanzi was capable of mimicking human sounds and expressions
but he usually used his keyboard to communicate on a more interesting note kanzi was seen and
photographed roasting marshmallows a great way to link humans and monkeys he was also reported
to deliver sarcastic and interjecting expressions indicating the effect of language comprehension
from a young age could a chimp be any smarter you'll find out later in this video number one
congo you know someone has a mad talent when pablo picasso is a fan of their work like brent congo
was a chimp with a passion to paint unlike brent however congo was young when he was first handed
a paintbrush congo is said to have painted with a definite understanding of symmetry and depth
his strokes were confident and deliberate and he possessed a unique taste for compositions and mixe
within two years of being handed a paintbrush congo painted a whopping 400 paintings some
of these painting considered abstract art were more popular at auctions than artworks by renoir
one of these painting hangs in the studio picasso representing his admiration for his chimp
contemporary congo left us at the age of 10 due to tuberculosis we can only imagine the
height he would have achieved in the world of art if he had lived on thank you for watching
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