Behavior in an Ecological Nietzsche as Explicated in Zoology 101
Birds drinking cream from milk bottles in the morning in England as a learned response
Monkey tribe washing sweet potatoes in the river in Japan as a learned response
From 1958 on, monkeys washing sweet potatoes in the sea water at the beach for seasoning as a learned response
Throwing wheat and dirt into the water so the wheat will rise to the surface to be carried off by monkey welfare sponges waiting downstream as a learned response
Younger male monkeys and more than
Male monkeys, sporting Reagan buttons and crewcuts, more conservative than female monkeys as an unlearned response
Shooting African baboon troops to cause avoidance of safari automobiles by troops absorbing survivors of a massacre, as a learned response
Male monkeys surprised by blasts from an airhose while playing with coffee pot rings naively in a lab cage and rescuing friend monkeys from the dire fate of playing with coffee pot rings naively in a lab cage as a learned response
Female monkeys overcoming reactionary and antirevolutionary responses to coffee pot rings and engendering consciousness-raising among friend monkeys in lab cages as a learned response
Monkeys eating strychnine and staying around lions dismissed from serving as role models for fellow monkeys as a learned response
Electrified floor grid with Mr. Edison's light bulb as a warning to impress monkey as an amateur lever-pusher, which is transmitted to monkeys watching the scene in horror through a glass window and also to entertain them as lever-pushers while watching movies, as a learned response
Monkey with a television camera on its face transmitted to movie screen where other monkeys exhibit similar physiological responses as transmitted through the ether, while eating popcorn, as a learned response
Isolated monkey who had never learned to relate also unable to transmit responses to the monkeys in the TV studio via wireless signals, while wearing a TV camera pointing at its face, as a learned response
—actual lecture notes I took one day in Zoology 101, spring 1977
1 Comments:
Aieeeee! Nothing like a flashback at lunch to ruin your afternoon ...
Already, vague skittering of Antrhopology 101 are twitching around :)
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