People need to understand this basic difference.
Chimps, gorillas, gibbons, bonobos are not monkeys, they are apes, who would be insulted, if pride is an emotion in their repertoire. Not sure about that one.
PS didn't you SEE the Planets of the Apes? Not so good for the humans.

There are a species of monkeys in Japan that rinses off the potatoes they are about to eat in salt water for flavor.
What frustrates me about this whole debate on teh cognitive skills and brain functions of primates is that skeptics doubt even when a Chimpanzee knows sign language and can communicate their thoughts and feelings and desires. There are chimps that like to paint and they tell you what is pictured in their art work and people among the scientific community doubt their intellect.
I believe this development in the research of monkeys will yield even less positive acclaim considering the evidence that critics cast doubt upon these same skills and abilities present in the "great apes".

This is exactly the sort of thing I studied in college. I was a music industry major and the view that I was taught as the legal stance of indiviual duplication for personal use and not disribution is the RIAA's previous statement. This new one is absurd. The Home Recording Act of 1992 supports that once you purchase a CD it is your property to do with as you see fit, barring mass distribution, sampling etc. It is LEGAL to resell it if you don't like it at a garage sale, rip it to your computer, burn a copy for your car and even a couple of friends a copy. The reason online sites got nailed was people cause people sharing the music had no tangible relationship. They didn't know each other. If your mom wants a copy, its within your rights to give her one, or just a couple songs. If this woman is correct, then I wasted a lot of money on college.