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Male bonobos really don't fit the human male ideal.

~Frans De Waal

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Exclusive homosexuality is not very common in nature.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Common Exclusive Homosexuality Nature Very

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A chimpanzee who is really gearing up for a fight doesn't waste time with gestures but just goes ahead and attacks.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Attacks Fight Gestures Goes Just Really Time Up Waste Waste Time Who Ahead

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One thing bothered me as a student. In the 1960s, human behavior was totally off limits for the biologist. There was animal behavior, then there was a long time nothing, after which came human behavior as a totally separate category best left to a different group of scientists.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: After Animal Behavior Best Biologist Bothered Came Category Different Group Human Human Behavior Left Limits Long Long Time Me Nothing Off One Thing Scientists Separate Student Then Thing Time Totally Which 1960S

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Experiments with animals have long been handicapped by our anthropocentric attitude: We often test them in ways that work fine with humans but not so well with other species.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Animals Attitude Been Experiments Fine Handicapped Humans Long Often Other Our Species Test Them Ways Well Work

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Unlike the primate hand, the elephant's grasping organ is also its nose. Elephants use their trunks not only to reach food but also to sniff and touch it. With their unparalleled sense of smell, the animals know exactly what they are going for. Vision is secondary.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Also Animals Elephant Elephants Exactly Exactly What Food Going Grasping Hand Know Nose Only Organ Reach Secondary Sense Smell Sniff Touch Unlike Unparalleled Use Vision

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It is well known that apes in the wild offer spontaneous assistance to each other, defending against leopards, say, or consoling distressed companions with tender embraces.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Against Ape Assistance Companions Consoling Defending Distressed Each Embraces Known Offer Other Say Spontaneous Tender Well Well Known Wild

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I was born in Den Bosch, where the painter Hieronymus Bosch named himself after. And so I've always been very fond of this painter who lived and worked in the 15th century.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: After Always Been Born Century Den Fond Himself Lived Named Painter Very Where Who Worked I Was Born

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Deep down, creationists realize they will never win factual arguments with science. This is why they have construed their own science-like universe, known as Intelligent Design, and eagerly jump on every tidbit of information that seems to go their way.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Argument Creationist Deep Deep Down Design Down Eagerly Every Factual Go Information Intelligent Jump Known Never Own Realize Science Seems Universe Way Why Will Win

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Future benefits rarely figure in the minds of animals.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Animals Benefits Figure Future Minds Rarely

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Biography

Nationality: Dutch

Type: Scientist

Born: October 29th, 1948

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