Never Be Arrogant Or Abrasive.

You're Thinking About Putting Scientists Into Small Cages And Doing Research On Them. I Wish It Could Happen Sometimes.

Is It Not Possible That The Chimpanzees Are Responding To Some Feeling Like Awe? A Feeling Generated By The Mystery Of Water; Water That Seems Alive, Always Rushing Past Yet Never Going, Always The Same Yet Ever Different. Was It Perhaps Similar Feelings Of Awe That Gave Rise To The First Animistic Religions, The Worship Of The Elements And The Mysteries Of Nature Over Which There Was No Control? Only When Our Prehistoric Ancestors Developed Language Would It Have Been Possible To Discuss Such Internal Feelings And Create A Shared Religion.

In What Terms Should We Think Of These Beings, Nonhuman Yet Possessing So Very Many Human-like Characteristics? How Should We Treat Them? Surely We Should Treat Them With The Same Consideration And Kindness As We Show To Other Humans; And As We Recognize Human Rights, So Too Should We Recognize The Rights Of The Great Apes? Yes.

What You Do Makes A Difference, And You Have To Decide What Kind Of Difference You Want To Make.

Animals Are As Deserving Of A Place On This Planet As We Are, And The Difference Between Us Is That Humans Have A Voice They Can Use To Help The Animal Cause, And It Is Up To All Of Us To Use It To Make A Positive Difference!