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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera View Post
That ain't a monkey, it is a chimpanzee. Calling that a monkey is like calling it a gorilla or baboon, not even close.
Baboons are monkeys - big 'uns.

Gorillas, chimps(2 species), orangutans and... humans are in the so-called "great apes" and are not monkeys.

Both the great apes and monkeys are in a larger group - the Order Primates (together with some smaller brained things...).

So, technically, calling this chimp a monkey is worse than calling it a gorilla.

If you are lucky, this chimp does not read much on the Internet and will not see the spurious comment, buy itself a plane ticket out there and eat your face off. But ya never know...
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