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When I was young I heard someone claiming that Baboons could count to 3. The proof was that corn farmers learned to scare off raiding Baboons by hiding in the f
by herodotus 9y ago
When I was young I heard someone claiming that Baboons could count to 3. The proof was that corn farmers learned to scare off raiding Baboons by hiding in the field (with a rifle). However, if a farmer was seen to go into the field, the Baboons waited until he or she came out before raiding. The solution was to send four farmers in, and three out. This apparently fooled the Baboons. At least until a Baboon named Isaac Babewton came along....
- nesyt 9y agoDumb joke notwithstanding, the fourth farmer remains in the field? How's that 'fooling the baboons'? Or is the whole comment supposed to be nonsense?
- hueving 9y agoThe implication is that since they can only count to 3 they think it's safe to enter after 3 of the 4 leave. This allows the remaining one to shoot at the baboons.
- herodotus 9y agoNo, it is supposedly the technique that was used by farmers in the Transvaal to discourage baboon packs from raiding their corn fields. The baboons apparently could not distinguish between groups of 3 and 4 people, so they did not realize that someone was waiting to ambush them in the field. Sorry for the bad joke. I should have left that out.