Another story about monkeys, posted for your thought and comment.....
In a certain primate research facility, there was a population of chimpanzees that was under observation. There was minimal human interaction, and the chimps were being observed for social interaction.
One day, the human observers hung a bunch of bananas just out of reach. They also placed a sturdy box a on the ground a few yards from the bananas. Eventually, one individual figured out that the box could be moved to help reach the bananas. When he tried to climb on the box, the rest of the chimps were immediately sprayed with high pressure fire hoses. A few minutes later, another individual climbed up to get a banana, and the others were sprayed with water. When a third chimp climbed up, the other chimps attacked her to keep from getting sprayed. So it continued, each time an individual tried to climb on the box, the rest of the chimps prevented it to keep from getting sprayed. Several days later, the bananas were removed, but the chimps still prevented anyone from climbing on the box.
Eventually, over several years, the research population was changed out, individual by individual, until there were none of the original individuals left. But any time any chimp tried to climb on the box, the rest of the population still attacked that individual to prevent it.
