“A Bend Chimp Lover” is right. Chimps are not monkeys, they are Great Apes. Monkeys, however, are primates and are closely related to man. Apes are also of the order of primates, as is man. But the “Chimp Lover” is incorrect about monkey tails. Not all monkeys, including the baboon, have tails! Anyway, “Chimp Lover,” have a nice serious day.

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A Different Tale

by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 15, 2009

<h1>A Different Tale</h1> <p class="byline">by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 15, 2009</p> <p>&quot;A Bend Chimp Lover&quot; is right. Chimps are not monkeys, they are Great Apes. Monkeys, however, are primates and are closely related to man. Apes are also of the order of primates, as is man. But the &quot;Chimp Lover&quot; is incorrect about monkey tails. Not all monkeys, including the baboon, have tails! Anyway, &quot;Chimp Lover,&quot; have a nice serious day. </p> <p>A Bend Monkey Lover</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/a-different-tale-2133248/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=17272&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/a-different-tale-2133248/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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