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capitalism is killing the planet (quokk.au)

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[–] stray@pawb.social 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

We already taught some monkeys how to use money though. (And they immediately invented prostitution.)

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[–] Deceptichum [S] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

We also taught parrots how to use money and they used it to feed the poor.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/parrots-share-currency-help-their-pals-purchase-food-180973917/

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[–] JamBandFan1996@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

And which one of those are we closer related to?

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[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Citation needed

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

The actual research paper.

The story of the monkey prostitute

Something else happened then too. Grasping the notion of currency simply means you understand that you can exchange money for goods and services. Well, one of the researchers, during the chaotic episode mentioned earlier, observed how one of the monkeys exchanged money with another for sex. After the act was over, the monkey which was paid immediately used it to buy a grape...

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