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Tara Stoinski

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
786 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

So the red colobus monkeys there have declined by 90%, primarily because they're more efficient hunters.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

They're like on the level of wild dogs in terms of how well they hunt and coordination and everything.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

Because gorillas are vegetarians.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

Occasionally they eat an ant.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

You saw them eat ants.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

They don't even know how to eat them right.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

I'm like, can you just get a stick?

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

Super biting ants.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

Like it really hurts when they bite you.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

I'm like, just go get a stick.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

Be like a chimp, get a stick, eat it the proper way.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

Go fishing.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

So we can publish that and everyone will love them because they are good tool users in captivity, but they don't need to out there.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

When you live in a huge salad bowl, there's not much you need tools for, so they just don't do it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

The chimp people make fun of them all the time for being stupid because they don't use tools.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

Yeah, Coco, yep.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

Is she our only example?

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

I mean, I think she was the only one that it was done with.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

I don't think there were others that were in the sign language program, but yeah, she did.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)

They have pets?