A certain tiny lady at Team Cherkis-Bray World Headquarters has a kind of jack-in-the-box thing with a sock monkey inside. Twist the crank, play the song, trigger the spring-loaded trap door, and the sock monkey pops out. The dad has been trying to show Our Tiny Lady how to play the song, trigger the spring, and release the sock monkey, yadda yadda, see how there's this whole process to it?
So, okay: she watches intently, a dozen times, then reaches down, grabs the trap door, rips it open with her fingernails, grunting audibly, and drags the fucking sock monkey out by his hair.
Greatest thing I've ever seen in my entire life.
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I hereby order that your daughter be placed under 24/7 video surveillance so that you can post clips with these posts. The world will be a better place.
I'd hold off on the pets for a while.
We have two cats. One stays faaaaaaaar away -- the other follows her everywhere, but wears his sad face when she pulls on his ears. We're working on the concept of "gentle."
Video is totally on order. Except that, when she sees the camera, she stops whatever she's doing and charges. She thinks the camera is for chewing.
This incident has shades of Alexander the Great solving the Gordian Knot, or literal outside the box thinking.
Reminds me of this PBS special on ape intelligence. The whole thing is fascinating, but watch Chapter 2 and you'll see what I mean. :)
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