Monkeys do not equal Shakespeare
According to this BBC article, six monkeys, one typewriter and one month's 'writing' time were not enough to produce the monkey-equivalent of 'Romeo and Juliet' (Okay, they didn't actually even produce a word--but I think they weren't clear on the assignment).
Now, if they had each had their own typewriter....
Comments
This is my favorite part of the article: "the Sulawesi crested macaques had only succeeded in partially destroying the machine, using it as a lavatory, and mostly typing the letter 's'."
I feel like that myself on a lot of writing days.
Posted by: TM(tm) | May 20, 2003 07:50 AM
HA! I liked that part too. Personally, I think the problem is that their genius is insufficiently appreciated...
Posted by: debco | May 20, 2003 07:57 PM