"Study: Most Wild Chimps Are Southpaws"

[GreenPartyVoter]

WASHINGTON (AP) - When it comes to fishing tasty termites out of their mounds, wild chimpanzees don't have the right stuff. Most, in fact, are southpaws. A three-year study of 17 wild chimps in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, found that 12 of them used their left hands when using sticks to probe for termites.

Four were right-handed and one was listed as ambiguously handed.

"Contrary to previous claims, wild chimpanzees show population-level handedness in tool-use," reported the research team led by William D. Hopkins of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta. Population-level handedness indicates a preference for one hand in a large group.

Hopkins' findings are reported in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20050817/D8C18GD00.html

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Kick. Is ** left-handed or right?

[Mnemosyne]

2. He's right -handed, it's not surprising

lefties are in their "right" mind. We know that that maniac is NOT!

[wicket]

3. also- he's a domestic Chimp

The article refers to wild chimps. :rofl:

[Mnemosyne]

6. Good point, he does have handlers and

Cindy seems to have him boxed in a cage! I'll be so happy when he's in a real cage, what are they now? 8' x 10'? And he'll have his own bars to hang from!:rofl:

[Crankie Avalon]

4. Not sure, but you can check out that video of him picking his nose...

...at the ballgame. Whichever hand that magic finger is on, that's the one!

[charlie]

5. Foraging for termites?

Probably his left. He booger-mines with his left.