You're gonna need a better trap than that.

Here's a neat article about gorillas that have learned to dismantle snares set by bushmeat hunters.
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2013/07/19/young-gorillas-seen-dismantling-snares-to-protect-their-own/

Disgust at the familiar

NPR's Cosmos and Culture blog recently posted an wonderful article about coats made of human chest hair (men's) and ice cream made of human breast milk (women's). Public reaction to each of these products was enthusiastic disgust, but upon further consideration, one must ask, why? We eat ice cream made from the breast milk of cows and wear coats of the hair of weasels (mink) and don't bat and eye at it.

Author of the post, Tania Lombrozo, speculates that our very familiarity with humans is what elicits disgust. Conversely, the way we think about other, non-pet animals (distanced, anonymous, or not at all) suppresses any disgust toward the products. Strikes me as quite similar to the aversions we have toward eating "non-food animals" like dogs and cats, or the squeamishness people exhibit when butchering animals that they profess to love eating, when prepared.

It's a shame, though. Imagine the savings in resources and energy if our milk supply came from human breast milk donors and our "wool" sweaters were woven from human hair clippings... Sorry, am I grossing you out?

You can read the post here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/07/01/197453457/chest-hair-breast-milk-and-human-disgust