Chimps too can plan for future

Someone should slip him a slingshot (catapult).<p>But seriously, arming him with a Super Soaker will be awesome. He will get stress relief, children will enjoy it and zoo will get more money.

He doesn't stash or throw rocks in the off season at the zoo. Says something about zoos, or at least the "look at the monkey" idiots who visit them, doesn't it?

Squirrels that hide seeds and nuts aren't planning for when they will be hungry in the future? In the chimp's case it's more obvious that this is planning rather than instinctual, but it would be nice if the article described what the experimenters consider the distinction.

Interesting, but I've seen footage of chimps in the wild going on military-style raids of neighboring groups. Land grabs, basically. I think that requires at least as much planning for the future.<p>(The footage was in the BBC series Planet Earth. Amazing series.)

That ape should be locked up. Oh, wait...