garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 11 months agoTIL that trained monkeys are used to pick coconuts, since they can pick up to 1600 coconuts per day, compared to 80 for a human. However, there have been accusations of abuse against the monkeys.www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkTIL that trained monkeys are used to pick coconuts, since they can pick up to 1600 coconuts per day, compared to 80 for a human. However, there have been accusations of abuse against the monkeys.www.npr.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 11 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarediggit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoI wish more news was like TIL so we could just learn something without having to have a “controversy”. These allegations are made by a layperson who watched some YouTube videos.
I wish more news was like TIL so we could just learn something without having to have a “controversy”. These allegations are made by a layperson who watched some YouTube videos.