That'd be an interesting study... but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the hoarding monkey would simply get killed by the rest of the tribe.
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That's happened quite a few times among humans, too. We're kind of overdue.
nor would I be surprised if they started worshipping the hoarding monkey
I bet that is what would happen.
"When humans are nice to each other we are probably nicer and more altruistic than any primate. When we're nasty to each other, we are worse than any primate." - Frans de Waal
De Waal is a primatologist and the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Primate Behavior in the Department of Psychology at Emory University.
Unfortunately the field of primate cognition is pretty new, partly because humans like to pretend we're special. I've been looking more into his work recently to better understand human morality and how we define it.
I very strongly recommend his Ted talk from 2012 on Moral Behaviour in Animals if anyone is interested in learning more. 16min 33sec
But the monkeys aren't just hoarding the bananas. They are trading bananas for trees then making other monkeys pay them bananas to live in, use, and eat the fruit of the trees. Then using those bananas to buy more trees.
monkeys don't actually have magazines though
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