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		pinkmuffinere 74 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jane Goodall has died "If it doesn't have a tail it's not a monkey, even if it has a monkey-kind-of shape. It if doesn't have a tail it's not a monkey; if it doesn't have a tail it's not a monkey: it's an ape."

technothrasher 74 days ago [–]

With the one exception being Curious George.

type0 74 days ago | | [–]

Yeah but his tail was amputated, my neighbour had a cat without tail, bitten off by a dog or something, it's not that uncommon.

pinkmuffinere 74 days ago | | [–]

Perhaps the 'curiousness' of George was not his personality trait, but rather the curious affliction of his missing tail.

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