Primate Observer Gifts

'The best way to teach my son is by example, you know: Monkey see, monkey do...'

"I dunno, looks like a trap."

"I disagree — I think humans are funny."

'Or we could just ask her what kind of dog it is.'

At the primate speech center, Mokobo tries some stand-up comedy...

'Typical man - why can't he just ask for directions?'

'Why can't you SHARE the hedge?'

Too much monkey business...

'If only Darwin could have seen this.'

'Oh boy, meals on wheels.'

A gorilla plays chess with his keeper.

"Take a right at Rocky's fire hydrant. A left at Duke's bench and the dog part will be one block past buddy's tree."

'I know it's hard to believe. But biological speaking, they're our closest relatives.'

'All dogs have 4 legs. Tabby has 4 legs. But I'm just a kid, so I don't have to think logically.'

Darwin first tested his theory in a letter to a magazine ('Lookalike' letter points to similarity between man and ape.)

"Trash pickup isn't for another two days, isn't it?"

"OK, so you've won the mating fight, but will you please allow me visiting rights to see my kids?"

'Of course he knows he's a monkey, Timmy. You know you're a monkey, don't you?'

'It's not Spring yet! Go back to sleep!'

'My Dad will like you. He's the care-taker at the monkey house in the zoo.'

'Bernie, you're not gonna have anything disgusting to hurl at zoo visitors if you forget this.'

'The reports were right...he's using tools!'

'I think we're losing sight of our roots.'

Swinging through the jungle.

Ape ambushes anteater hiding behind a monolith.

'If only Darwin could have seen this!'

Primate Speech Institute. He's learned to talk, but all he'll talk about is the price of bananas.

"I started out with a molehill, then I just kept going."

"Sayyy - you've had some work done!"

"OK, now you've gone back too far."

'Brachiating?! Kids these days... whatever happened to good old fashioned swinging?!'

'That's a bad omen no sooner does he invent the wheel than he has the first ever road traffic accident.'

"...an this is my extended family."

'Why should I be scared? I'm not a crow...'

After Darwin - "I won't spoil it and tell you the ending."