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| A baby orangutan - another great swinger (photo by Patrizia Soliani) |
BRACHIATE
Verb intrans. Mid-19th century.
[Back-formation, from next.]
Move as a brachiator does.
BRACHIATOR
Noun. Mid-19th century.
[from Latin brachium arm + -ATOR.]
ZOOLOGY. An ape which moves by using the arms to swing from branch to branch.
Who doesn't remember spending endless hours on the monkey bars at school? Well I don't for one. Swinging from anything - and certainly brachiating - was always far beyond my physical ability (as was climbing up a rope). In fact, I am spectacularly bad at climbing, so I can only look on in bemused awe at the likes of free runners, Jackie Chan and, of course, brachiating apes. When it comes to brachiation, however, even the best of humans pale into embarrassed silence when compared to the King of the Swingers - the gibbon.
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| A white-handed gibbon (photo by Thomas Tolkien) |
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| "The bonobos do whaaaaaaa?" (photo by Andrew West) |
Can you brachiate?
Have you ever seen a gibbon (or any other brachiating ape) doin' its thang?
Were you planning on making a swinging joke at the end of this post?
Make like a tree and leave a comment below.
My inability to brachiate was a great source of social embarrassment until I had the good fortune to injure my shoulder and thereby ensure I would always have an excellent excuse for non-participation in brachiation. It's quite clever how my shoulder suddenly becomes painful whenever there is even the smallest hint that I might be asked to brachiate in public.
ReplyDelete(I did consider making a joke about the fact I have been known to swing both ways when drunk, but I'm sure it's not true as I don't have any recollection of doing any such thing. I can barely even stand after a glass of wine so I'm sure any form of brachiation would be quite out of the question. As for 'both ways', I'm not sure if even gibbons can brachiate backwards.)
Maybe a backwards brachiating gibbon is like their version of a superhero.
DeleteBackward-Brachiator Boy
I think a male gibbon is a boy. I need to consult an expert.
I can't brachiate but I tend to walk around a lot with my arms in the air like I just don't care exactly like that gibbon does. The similarity is quite uncanny.
ReplyDeleteAnd before tree climbing I'm known to "power up".
And I'm also completely monogamous. This is getting weirder and weirder.
I think the reason they're monogamous is they understand any successful relationship is based on gibbon take.
DeleteOh my word.
I do apologise.
I think I've just blown any chance I had of winning a humour award on Saturday ...
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