I'd love to know if the "movement related" firing in the monkey brains was similar to the "unfamiliar movement" mirror neurons that fire in non-circus-acrobat human brains when watching Cirque de Soleil.

There was a study not long ago where they showed humans films of "familiar movements" (eg. walk up stairs, throw a ball) and films of "unfamiliar movements" (Cirque) and found that different brain regions light up.

If the monkey were using the "unfamiliar movement" part of their brains, then these researchers may be dangerously close to creating a group of Clint Eastwood-style gunslinger monkeys. A good follow up study would be to observe these monkeys and see if they begin engaging in "cowboy" behavior.

Bottle capper!

Relevance demands that I implore thee for "So Irish my Liver Hurts" in XXL.

1. Sequential timed screen grab.
2. Label paper in the printer.
3. Format and print.
4. Redecorate old Rubik's cube.
5. Get sued.

Didn't I see this guy interviewing the Man on the Street in Transmetropolitan?