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This reminded me of the orangutan driving a golf cart: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DJsn1QivbKM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DJsn1QivbKM He has mastered it.
by 404mm 2y ago
This reminded me of the orangutan driving a golf cart: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DJsn1QivbKM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DJsn1QivbKM
He has mastered it. He clearly understands the concept of roads vs sidewalks. He can drive using one hand. And most importantly, he obviously has a great time doing that.
- grahamj 2y agoThat is hilarious. He drives better than a lot of people I see on the road. So chill!
- Mistletoe 2y agoWatching him go by that tiger has given me so much joy tonight thank you.
- Baeocystin 2y agoThe subtle smile at the end of the Tiger's enclosure!
- rapnie 2y agoOr dogs skateboarding, leaning into the curve of the roads. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=dog+skating&iax=videos&ia=videos https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=dog+skating&iax=videos&ia=v...
- akira2501 2y agoMaybe skateboards are just instinctual. Anyways, here's a tiny turtle on a skateboard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVbtAYPSapw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVbtAYPSapw
- ffsm8 2y agoInstinctual is not the description I'd personally agree on, I mean just look at this https://m.youtube.com/shorts/rEwpaMJLgTI https://m.youtube.com/shorts/rEwpaMJLgTI
- Toutouxc 2y agoHaha, I basically barged into here ready to post a video of Greyson. Amazing stuff, I'm surprised more people haven't been successful (or interested in) teaching their dogs ride stuff.
- kolinko 2y agoor onewheeling! https://youtube.com/shorts/kvFKIovjbWo?si=8pwlZfwtPZpHoQRu https://youtube.com/shorts/kvFKIovjbWo?si=8pwlZfwtPZpHoQRu
- WalterBright 2y agoJust wait till the apes learn to say "no".
- WalterBright 2y agoI don't think we've evolved very far from apes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHODo_jIPo4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHODo_jIPo4
- taberiand 2y agoHumans and apes are equally evolved
- khafra 2y agoAlong somewhat different fitness gradients, though. Meaning we've evolved some distance from them. In fact, given the dimensionality of all possible fitness gradients, our direction of evolution is likely near-orthogonal to theirs.
- taberiand 2y agoGood point. Given our evolution has led to a species with the ability and tendency to destroy itself, our fitness gradient could certainly be considered inferior
- m463 2y agobut humans still don't know to open a banana from the bottom.
- withinboredom 2y agoAre you sure you are using the banana right side up?
- MonkeyClub 2y ago> Humans and apes are equally evolved Can't wait to hear an ape argue that online. Oh, wait.
- verisimi 2y agoApes are people too!
- shepherdjerred 2y agoFor those who haven't seen The Sopranos, here is what that video is based off of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJpNmYeooQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJpNmYeooQE
- abrookewood 2y agoOne of the best TV shows ever produced. Sooo good.
- m463 2y agoand that reminds me of... https://www.youtu.be/IFACrIx5SZ0 https://www.youtu.be/IFACrIx5SZ0 orangutan the carpenter https://www.youtu.be/PcvH1eOjOVs https://www.youtu.be/PcvH1eOjOVs parrot drives his own car
- Terr_ 2y agoStrange, browser shows error, and nslookup can't resolve DNS for www.youtu.be either, even using Google's own 8.8.8.8 server. (nxdomain)
- pierrefermat1 2y agoSame here, refusing to load
- netsharc 2y agoyoutu.be is the shortened URL, adding "www." wastes 4 characters.
- m463 2y agosorry https://youtu.be/IFACrIx5SZ0 https://youtu.be/IFACrIx5SZ0 orangutan the carpenter https://youtu.be/PcvH1eOjOVs https://youtu.be/PcvH1eOjOVs parrot drives his own car
- mprast 2y agobees will push balls around just for the hell of it - they trained the bees to push the balls and then took the rewards away and gave them unlimited pollen and sucrose and the bees kept going back to the balls. they just wanted to mess around https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6639406 https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6639406
- LandR 2y agoI don't understand. Someone, at some point, said lets see if the Orangutan can drive the golf cart, and presumably no one said "NO! That's an awful idea"... Then not only did it learn, it got good at it and seems to enjoy it... I just really don't understand how this came about. How did it learn to do this. The initial phases must have been just constant crashing into stuff. How on earth did it ever get past this without a teacher being able to communicate with it. I have so many questions.
- NikkiA 2y ago> The initial phases must have been just constant crashing into stuff. Why would you assume that? It didn't learn by trial and error, it watched and copied another ape. Golf carts aren't massively complicated.
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- whamlastxmas 2y agoProbably same way I learned as a kid on my grandparents ranch. Start by letting them steer but correct as needed. Eventually they steer by themselves. Then introduce gas pedal.
- tim333 2y agoNot sure but there is video of some guys driving with it. It's on at the zoo of Dubai Royal Palace. Orangutan's are supposed to be pretty smart - it could probably watch humans press the accelerator and turn the wheel and figure it. https://youtu.be/WSR_4qyz7CY?t=285 https://youtu.be/WSR_4qyz7CY?t=285
- steveBK123 2y agoBetter than FSD
- rkagerer 2y agoAre you sure the steering wheel is actually hooked up? There are times especially toward the end of the video where he turns it and I don't see the expected swerve (even a small one) from the cart.