Hipster chimps are SLAVES to the latest social trends

Boffins have observed the "incredibly rare" moment that new forms of behaviour spread around a community of chimps. Just like the slavishly modish sub-species of humanity known as hipsters, chimps are known to copy each other's actions. Scientists at the University of St Andrews spotted the sharing of ideas among the Sonso …

[dotdavid]

"A total of seven chimps then went to the waterhole and copied the alpha male"

I wonder if they would have copied if it was one of the loser non-alpha males. "Look at that weirdo drinking water with moss"

Anyway real hipster chimps would switch to some other way of drinking when everyone else started doing it.

[Anonymous Coward]

So basically, nature is one great big Schoolground.

That is, like, totally wicked sick*

* Did I say that right?

[Swarthy]

Hipster Peer Pressure

"Come on, no-one else is doing it!"

[tony2heads]

hipster chimps

They already have the facial hair

All they need are big glasses and an ironic hat

[Anonymous Coward]

i like monkeys...

...shame that their Habitat is being destroyed at a fair old lick......oh yeah, and all that experimentation we do on them as well.......what an awful species we are.

[Youngone]

Re: i like monkeys...

Chimps are not monkeys, they're apes.

[oolor]

So this is the place for the obligatory aping it joke!

[Anonymous Coward]

"Chimps often drink using a technique called "leaf-sponging", which involves chewing and folding a leaf before dipping it in water."

I was brought up to believe that chimps only drink Tea. Live and learn.

[Joe User]

Next up

Chimps camping in front of Apple stores before new product releases.

[Mark 85]

Chimps = Hipsters or maybe Chimps > Hipsters ?

[dogged]

Chimpsters.