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Off Topic Subjects / Re: Funniest Trunk Monkey Commercials
« Last post by BDA on Today at 08:38:02 AM »I can't help but smile at those ads, never heard of it before. Might be a tight squeeze in a Europa though !
We had chimps advertising tea when I was a kid, not any more though. The ads were very popular but were stopped because the chimps got so attached to humans that they couldn't live with other chimps. And so at the end of their "working life", they couldn't live with other chimps or be released into the wild. Full tale here....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovd64l_16B4&ab_channel=RetroSpectives%28withRetroSteve%29
I would expect these days the idea of dressing chimps up like that would be a non-starter, but back then it was just part of life. The guy even mentions Chimp's Tea Parties being staged at major zoos to attract visitors.
Brian
I suppose there is always some unfortunate damage to the species we domesticate. Maybe sadder for chimps since they are so intelligent and close to humans. After all, look what we've done with wolves... We've bred some of them into chihuahuas and dachshunds!.