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No 'monkey terrorists' in Afghanistan, says scientist | American soldiers in Afghanistan can heave a sigh of
relief - they won't be fighting armed monkeys. Citing a British press agency
two weeks ago, the Chinese People's Daily had said the Taliban was training monkeys
to take on US troops. Armed with "Kalashnikovs, Bren machine-guns and trench mortars",
macaques and baboons are being taught to recognise and fire upon anyone wearing
a US military uniform. "A senior US military source confirmed the existence of
the Taliban monkey soldiers, military experts call armed monkeys 'monkey terrorists',"
the report said. However, a University of California scientist says the idea is
next to impossible. "They can be trained to do things like turn off lights and
open faucets and so on, but eventually that breaks down," news.com.au quoted psychologist
William Mason, as telling LiveScience. Mason, who is professor emeritus at the
University of California , added: "If we're talking about animals going out into
the field or a fortress with an AK-47 or whatever, it seems very, very implausible.
"To give a monkey a complex device like a rifle and say 'We're going to train
it to become a soldier' is purely fantastical." |
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