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Primatology.net
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Primatology.net is a personal blog at primatology.net about science. Since 2013, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Orangutan from Borneo photographed using a spear tool to fish (2008)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this site for posts on primate biology, such as orangutan tool use and whether slow lorises are venomous. The comments cite it for these topics without judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Orangutan from Borneo photographed using a spear tool to fish (2008)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-05-10
What Hacker News says?
I'm not the expert on the topic, but as far as I can tell, the claim is in fact that (a) there are more similarities to orangutans, yet (b) the split from chimps is more recent. If I understand correctly you are saying "distance" is proportional to time by definition, and what I was reading seems to say that is not strictly the case. "Theoretically, orangutans have had more time to accumulate genetic variation compa…
Comment linking /2011/01/26/orangutan-genome-sequenced/
on “Orangutan from Borneo photographed using a spear tool to fish (2008)”Submitted Orangutan from Borneo photographed using a spear tool to fish (2008) as a story · 146 points
HN discussionFrom: "Are slow lorises really venomous?" [1] In primates, slow lorises (genus Nycticebus) are though to be venomous in Thai folklore (Wilde, 1972) but are they really? ... To answer this, let's revisit the definitions of venomous and poisonous. A venomous animal injects toxins into its victim's body by bite or sting. A poisonous animal, on the other hand, produces toxins that are poisonous once inhaled or ingested.…
Comment linking /2010/10/19/are-slow-lorises-really-venomous/
on “Slow lorises are one of the world’s only venomous mammals”Submitted Do Animals Keep Pets? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Orangutan from Borneo Photographed Using a Spear Tool to Fish (2008) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Orangutan from Borneo photographed using a spear tool to fish [2008] as a story · 1 points
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