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1. VonSkippy
   September 8th, 2007 at 2:24 pm

   Cancer smancer, glad to see we got some smart minds and lots of dollars working on the important research.

2. jodie
   September 8th, 2007 at 5:04 pm

   while i agree that cancer should be on the short list for researchers - there are things to be learned from other studies. it’s not just about chimps and treats - it’s about the way their brains work. you never know when a connection is going to be made between one thing and another. as long as the animals are well cared for and, of course, not harmed, i think it’s worthwhile to do other studies….JMO.

3. VonSkippy
   September 8th, 2007 at 5:39 pm

   The problem is that Behavioral Science tends to be species specific. Although there is a limited amount of overlap, so that in some cases it can be said that if species A does X under Stimulus Y, then Species B can be expected to do the same, in most higher functions (reasoning, emotion, social interaction) studying Chimps and then applying those results to human smacks of Anthropomorphism.

   So…I don’t really see where the payback is for the money spent on finding out that chimps can be distracted by shiny pictures and therefore end up with more candy (doesn’t really apply much to real chimp life or anything at all in human life - although with American public education in the dumpster, perhaps the distracted by shiny photo’s info could be used).

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