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TIL some chimpanzees and bonobos are beginning to display very primitive precursors to religious behaviour

via reddit.com

Ronald K. Siegel has studied the precursors of religious faith in African elephants and concludes that “elephants are aware of natural cycles, as they practice “moon worship,” waving branches at the waxing moon and engaging in ritual bathing when the moon is full.“^[7] Observations by Pliny the elder also note supposed elephant reverence for the celestial bodies.^[8]

fucking cool

forgot Jesus, I wanna convert to an elephant religion

are we just citing Pliny’s Natural History on elephant behavior like that’s fine? the guy who said elephants frequently died in fights with dragons? is that what’s happening?

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In the course of his testimony in the Blake trial, Siegel disclosed that in one study, he had taught monkeys to smoke crack cocaine” 

Hey this dude seems totally normal and a fine person to listen to when it comes to animal behavior