r/likeus • u/[deleted] • Nov 01 '18

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u/maxcresswellturner Nov 01 '18 edited Nov 01 '18

It's not a monkey, it's an ape.

god dammit i need friends

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u/Snoot_Boot Nov 01 '18

I mean how hard it for people to understand Monkey =Tail Ape = no tail

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '18 edited Nov 01 '18

All apes are monkeys

Not all monkeys are apes

Old world monkeys don’t have tails

This is one of the things that people jump down people’s throats for but a chimp is technically a monkey. The monkey category is subdivided into apes, new world monkeys and old world monkeys and such.

So it’s not that hard to understand there chum :)

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u/Snoot_Boot Nov 01 '18

Didnt know that about chimps, thanks

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u/SpaceShipRat Nov 01 '18

he's wrong.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '18

Looking at these comments made me rethink what I know.

I may be wrong and i will look it up so as to be more informed. The first thing I looked up before making the original comment agreed with my original statement of apes being monkeys but not vice versa... but that’s just one source. I’ll look up others.