Who'd have thought it? Yawns are so contagious, chimps can catch yawning from other chimps... and even from animations of other chimps.
I thought this was interesting. I told my wife about it. Her response was immediate and deflating: "You can make dogs yawn." She wasn't being mean... she meant that any person can evoke a yawn from a dog. She wasn't saying that I am so boring, that even dogs will fall asleep when in proximity to me. That is what I tell myself.
"That's because dogs think they're people... or vice versa" I replied. And then I yawned.
"See? It's so contagious you're doing it."
"No, I'm yawning because I'm tired. I found this because I Googled 'yawn.'" Why did I Google "yawn?" Because I yawned. I wanted to know what really causes a yawn. I still don't know because I was distracted by the stupid chimp animation.
What I really want to know is: if they wanted a realistic chimp in the animation, then why are all its teeth so straight and white? Have they never seen a real chimp?
If not, how do they know what one looks like when it yawns?
This post has gone nowhere. Thanks for reading it anyway.
