Now we have startling new scientific evidence that monkeys can be trained to pick tea! Well not really, but I saw an article in the Daily Mail about monkeys who work as waiters in a restaurant; and although it is not explicitly mentioned, they probably serve tea as one of their duties.
I leave you, the gentle reader, to be the judge of my outrageous extrapolation. Does a monkey serving tea in a restaurant suggest his ancestors or at least cousins in China might have been capable of picking tea? The scientific community awaits our verdict with communal bated breath.
4 comments:
Since monkeys share more than 98 percent of the human genome, it seems entirely plausible that they might pick and eventually serve tea. I just hope they've washed their hands before serving. Eileen
Incredible! I've just watched the vidéo on you tube... amazing!
I didn't check the date, Was it on the First of April? Funny...
Your blog seems very intersting, a lot of information directly from THE place, I'll come back to read the previous article... Thanks!
I gave the link of your blog on my own blog to share it with my readers
Thanks a lot for your comments.
Eileen, I agree with you that it is a possibility that monkeys could pick tea. I just wonder if they could pick enough to make it worth it.
Thomas, Thanks a lot for the link on your blog, I am honored.
The Daily Mail article was from 7th October. I read about it on a Chinese website in an article dated 9th October. The Chinese article referenced the Daily Mail article, which was how I found the video.
The jokes on me. I did not get it when you asked me if the video was from April First, Thomas. Please believe me, I am not as dense as I seem.
Oh well. 大直若屈 大巧若拙 大辩若讷
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