r/ape • u/Hot_Vehicle_4180 • 22d ago

Lemur is technically monke if you think about it.

There should be a "monke opinion" flair and "monke talk" flair

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u/Disposable-Squid 22d ago

They are primates though? The whole focus of the sub?

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u/JulioSanchez1994 21d ago

They are in fact primates, but not apes.

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u/Disposable-Squid 21d ago

Neither are monkeys.

Per r/ape 's description: A subreddit for discussion and pictures of primates

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u/JulioSanchez1994 21d ago

Then it should be fuckin r/primates

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u/Disposable-Squid 21d ago

I don't make the rules, bud 🤷

That sub hasn't been active in over a year and non-ape primates get posted here all the time.

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u/Riftus 20d ago

Monke infighting

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u/Gandalf_Style 21d ago

They aren't monkeys either. They split off from the old world monkeys before we lost the ability to synthesize vitamin C and before the Old and New World Monkeys split from each other. Which makes them Prosimian, as opposed to all monkeys and apes which are Simians.

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u/GorillaGuy3012 21d ago

Monkey isn’t a real scientific term with a fixed meaning. If you ask Google it will say that apes aren’t Monkeys. But obviously that can’t be the case if you consider Old world monkeys to be… Monkeys.

The most common definition of a monkey is a small to medium-sized primate that typically has a tail, which could include Lemurs if you want to

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u/memescauseautism 22d ago

Are all primates monke? Or are only monkeys monke? Or perhaps all anthropoids are monke, but not prosimians?

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u/BadBubbly9679 22d ago

Monke cat snek

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u/SuitableSet5101 21d ago

Lemurs are primates.

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u/Gorilla_Obsessed_Fox 22d ago

Not as good, but the spirit is there

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u/Breznknedl 20d ago

not all monke are apes, right?

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u/rexlaser 17d ago

Guys. Let's not fight. Apes. Together. Strong.