Dirty Dirty Lying Chimp (This is *not* about Bush)
I've been doing research for a story about chimps who learned ASL, and came across this amusing discussion between Lucy and Roger Fouts, who taught Lucy ASL:
Lucy was observed lying, something that was once considered uniquely human, because it is evidence of a sense of self. In this sign-language conversation, Fouts asks Lucy about a pile of chimpanzee feces on the floor:
Fouts: WHAT THAT? Lucy: WHAT THAT? Fouts: YOU KNOW. WHAT THAT? Lucy: DIRTY DIRTY. Fouts: WHOSE DIRTY DIRTY? Lucy: SUE (a graduate student). Fouts: IT NOT SUE. WHOSE THAT? Lucy: ROGER! Fouts: NO! NOT MINE. WHOSE? Lucy: LUCY DIRTY DIRTY. SORRY LUCY.
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