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    What happens when you teach monkeys the value of money?

    If you ever wanted to know how a monkey would spend money, you might want to check out this video.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UF4UI7bOuY
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    So monkeys are Democrats! Who knew?
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    Actually, I thought the monkeys were North Americans...
    they bought more poor quality food, rather than less higher quality food (European monkeys?)
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    Ok, Now that is cool. 2 of the worlds coolest things put together. Monkeys and Money
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    Hi!


    Quote Originally Posted by PretAllez View Post
    Actually, I thought the monkeys were North Americans...
    they bought more poor quality food, rather than less higher quality food (European monkeys?)
    This is what happened when one European monkey got money:

    http://articles.latimes.com/1993-09-...stock-analysts


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