Orangutan attempts to hunt fish with spear
It is the first time one has been seen using a tool to hunt.
A male orangutan, clinging precariously to overhanging branches, flails the water with a pole, trying desperately to spear a passing fish.
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They’re evolving!! or maybe they’re already just really cool…
— ian · Apr 27, 10:10 AM · #
Looks like it’s just smacking the water with a stick….wow.
— Jon · Apr 27, 10:15 AM · #
Oh no! planet of the APES is coming!!!
— Johnnyb · Apr 27, 10:27 AM · #
I was there. He dropped his watch in the water and now he’s trying to snag it with that stick.
— That Monkey's Wife · Apr 27, 11:38 AM · #
i hope he was smart enough to sharpen the pole
— mike · Apr 27, 11:47 AM · #
Hey, we all started somewhere!
Considering cousin Orangutang branched off our evolutionary tree way back before bibletimes, he’s got some catching up to do.
Nice try though…
— munky · Apr 27, 11:52 AM · #
i can see his junk
— jtw · Apr 27, 11:54 AM · #
I wonder what he is doing? Testing the waters? Trying to stir up clams and such? He’s certainly not trying to spear a fish, but it’s still very very impressive as tool use goes. He doesn’t look like he’s playing around.
— hmmm · Apr 27, 11:59 AM · #
this looks suspect to me…photoshop maybe?
— Dave · Apr 27, 12:17 PM · #
It is NOT the first time an Orangutan has been seen using a pole as a tool . They routinely use poles for testing the depth of water when crossing.
— Clyde · Apr 27, 12:20 PM · #
Where did he find a piece of wood that straight?
— bOR_ · Apr 27, 12:24 PM · #
Probably in the forest.
— Captain Obvious · Apr 27, 12:31 PM · #
Come on, He saw Rosie and is trying to harpoon her !
— Scott · Apr 27, 12:41 PM · #
It’s a golf ball retriever. He paid a lot of money for that Titleist.
— DB · Apr 27, 12:41 PM · #
I am a Photoshop expert and this is definitely a fake. I wish it wasn’t.
So here’s how you can tell. Notice his hand and the position of his wrist — there’s no way it can move back, i.e. therefore create enough momentum to “smack” anything.
In other words a real chimp would hold it like a club. But this picture shows him holding it “drumstick” style like Gene Krupa. Not real.
The reason is because in the original photo the chimp had been no doubt swinging “too” something and therefore chose an underhand grip.
Nice try whoever.
— Corey · Apr 27, 12:52 PM · #
<sarcasm>No, we didn’t evolve from monkeys…no WAY!</sarcasm>
— Jordan · Apr 27, 12:52 PM · #
It is a fake pic. Check out the Loch Ness Monster in the background:)
— The Atheist Jew · Apr 27, 12:56 PM · #
Fuckin’ monkey . He ‘s trying to hard.
— Lemon · Apr 27, 12:57 PM · #
I for one welcome our new orangutan overlords.
All hail for four handed ones!
— Ducky · Apr 27, 01:42 PM · #
@ #15 No you’re not.
— whoever · Apr 27, 01:46 PM · #
Its an ape…not a monkey.
— Nathan · Apr 27, 01:57 PM · #
that’s obama you fucking racists
— longcat · Apr 27, 02:01 PM · #
oh yes, “proof” of evolution. they probably have been doing it for thousands of years and just because we saw it, its a “proof” of change. what crock
— stupidppl · Apr 27, 02:36 PM · #
Omfg, we better take ‘em out before they become a threat to our existence… :P
— Boulevardie · Apr 27, 02:42 PM · #
Maybe he was just playing with the fish?
— David Greiman · Apr 27, 02:45 PM · #
You idiots, its 100% legit, 100% real.. monkeys don’t act exactly the same as humans… and not all monkeys act like each other..wanna know another reason i KNOW that it’s real?! I opened it up in notepad.. Photos that are manipulated show in notepad what programs were involved in it’s production.. and guess what guys…. NO programs were involved in the making of it.. NONE… so there goes your theories….
Theoretically..one could Manipulate the photo manually and then scan it.. but that was not done here.
— You idiots · Apr 27, 03:10 PM · #
To all those opposed, Where do you idiots think we came from in the first place..??
— johnnyb · Apr 27, 04:04 PM · #
#26 -> You’re a retard. Those signatures can easily be removed.
— 26 is stupid · Apr 27, 04:22 PM · #
it is a beatifoal image in life animale and saience biologyin natral.
— mehransalehzadeh in iran · Apr 27, 04:30 PM · #
Totally Fake
1) Tree that the monkey is hanging from doesn’t match the other side. Rainforest-type vs on the other side they are standard deciduous trees.
2) Grip wrong as noted before
3) place where someone else was standing under the monkey’s elbow – photoshopped out poorly. You can still see the water-rings, shadow, hat/fish whatever that is etc.
Its true – apes use tools in the wild – rock-hammers, mini-ant-spears, etc. But this is not a true example.
— A moinkey's uncle · Apr 27, 04:43 PM · #
maybe he’s hungry because so much of his native habitat has been cut down? are humans more highly evolved in reality?
— oppositionradio · Apr 27, 06:02 PM · #
“spear” is too straight its photo shopped – now if it was a zebco 220 rod and reel i’d be impressed
— monkey · Apr 27, 06:23 PM · #
dr zaius, dr zaius
— rtg · Apr 27, 06:31 PM · #
#26 i tried opening it in notepad, my only question is how do u read the crap that comes from it, here is an example of what i see:
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— prettysweet · Apr 27, 06:53 PM · #
This looks shopped.
I can tell from the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.
— CMoney · Apr 27, 06:56 PM · #
oh he’s just a member of the crips defending his crib. yo.
— bubba · Apr 27, 08:10 PM · #
Which is the evolutionary part? Catching the fish with a tool or becoming a omnivore?
— Be rational · May 7, 03:52 AM · #